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Paleontologists have investigated the evolutionary patterns behind the development of saber teeth in two groups of carnivores: felids (family of domestic cats, lions, tigers, etc.) and nimravids (often labeled as false cats).

Analyzing teeth, jaws, and skulls from many cat species over time and from around the world paints a clearer picture of how saber teeth developed.

New evidence suggests saber-toothed cats held onto their baby teeth to stabilize their sabers.

Saber-toothed tigers - along with woolly mammoths, American lions, and other giant animals - lived during the Pleistocene Epoch (23 million to 10,000 years... 13.12.2022, Sputnik International