This 3,300 Lion Was A Real Life Warg From Lord Of The Rings

In the early Miocene, what we would today associate with a creature right out of a fantasy movie roamed the earth; the Simbakubwa.

25 million years ago, this member of the suborder Hyaenodontidae roamed Kenya, looking an awful lot like a Warg. (If you recall, “Wargs” are the demonic wolves that Orks ride

Learn MoreWhat Was Simbakubwa?Simbakubwa Kutokaafrika’s bones make it look like a big cat. Its first name, “Simbakubwa,” even means “great lion” in Swahili. This 3,300-po

Learn MoreThe Suborder HyaenodontaSimbakubwa kutokaafrika are from the Hyaenodonta order. The characteristics of this group include a plantigrade stance, large skulls, long snou

Learn MoreThe Unlikely Discovery of SimbakubwaStevens was examining discoveries from Meswa Bridge, the location of an early hominid discovery. As she worked through the bones ther

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