This wasn’t always a mystery. If you had the misfortune of being a human being more than 10,000 years ago, there’s a decent chance you were intimately aware of what a saber-tooth cat sounded like.

Contributors -- Preface -- 1. Smilodon : a short history of becoming the iconic sabertooth / H. Gregory McDonald -- 2. The phylogenetic context of Smilodon / Lars Werdelin and Therese Flink -- 3.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The saber-toothed cats that once prowled modern day California had ...

Saber-tooth predators have long fascinated scientists and the public alike, epitomized by the fearsome Smilodon. These animals evolved their iconic blade-like canines at least five independent times ...

A team of researchers led by Narimane Chatar, a doctoral student at the EDDyLab of the University of Liège (Belgium), has tested the biting efficiency of Smilodon, an extinct species of carnivore ...