Individual hairs reveal prey of 19th century ‘Tsavo man-eater’ lions
Hairs trapped in cavities of the infamous lions that hunted humans in Kenya’s Tsavo region in 1898 revealed the surprising ...
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Skull with broken tooth (IMAGE)
The lions’ teeth were damaged during their lifetimes. Study co-author Thomas Gnoske found thousands of hairs embedded in the exposed cavities of the broken teeth.
Hairballs Shed Light on Man-Eating Lions’ Menu
The Tsavo man-eaters terrorized railroad workers in British East Africa in the 19th century, but their tastes went well ...
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These 19th century lions from Kenya ate humans, DNA collected from hairs in their teeth shows
By isolating and sequencing DNA in compacted hairs collected from the teeth of two Tsavo lion museum specimens from the 1890s ...
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Famed lions’ full diet revealed by DNA — and humans were among their prey
Ancient DNA confirms that the nineteenth-century carnivores hunted humans and a variety of wild game, including a surprising ...
Genomic Sleuths Uncover Human Prey in the Deadly Diet of Tsavo’s Infamous Lions
Research on Tsavo lion museum specimens from the 1890s, using DNA isolated from hairs in their teeth, reveals a diverse diet ...
These lions devoured 28 humans, wildebeest, and more in 1898
From this technique analyzing the hair’s DNA, the team identified giraffe, human, oryx, waterbuck, wildebeest and zebra as ...
‘I travel four hours to fix a cracked tooth’: How Britain’s broken dental system is failing patients
The scramble for a mere 20 places at an NHS dentist in Warrington, Cheshire this week was the latest sign of the breakdown of ...