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A rare find of jawbone fossil belonging to an American lion that roamed the earth 11,000 years ago was found by a man who was on a walk along the exposed sandbar in the Mississippi River.

At the end of October, a Mississippi resident made a rare discovery along the drought-stricken Mississippi River – a fossilized jawbone from an American lion that roamed the area roughly 11,000 years ago, according to McClatchy News.

A drought-stricken river led to one the biggest discoveries in the Paleontological world: A fossilized jawbone of an American lion, one that roamed 340,000 years ago.

Low water levels have also stranded barge traffic and threatened drinking water

American lions became extinct about 10,000 years ago, but not before the arrival of Mississippis earliest known human inhabitants.