A model of the Smilodon fatalis skeleton (right) on display as part of a special exhibition in Schöningen, Germany, on April 12, 2017 Hauke-Christian Dittrich / picture alliance via Getty Images ...

Hyoid bones are rare in the fossil record, but we know that Smilodon fatalis (the saber-tooth tiger) had seven hyoid bones, the same as the modern roaring cats. But that isn’t the whole story.

The fearsome teeth of the saber-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis fully emerged at a later age than those of modern big cats, ... human fingernails grow at about 3.4 millimeters per month.

The fearsome teeth of the saber-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis fully emerged at a later age than those of modern big cats, ... human fingernails grow at about 3.4 millimeters per month.

And even though humans undoubtedly saw and lived alongside sabercats, no one recorded how the big cats fed or why they died out. ... Smilodon fatalis teeth show a different pattern.

Illustration of Smilodon fatalis cubs playing together. ... and so they would have left plenty of meat around—a boon to early humans who often inhabited the same landscapes.

Smilodon fatalis lived in the Americas during the Pleistocene epoch, from about 2.5 million to about 10,000 years ago, and is known for its long, curved canine teeth, which could grow up to 7 ...

In Jim Rovin’s latest, the author imagines what would happen if preserved, prehistoric saber-toothed tigers emerged from caves and ran amok, hunting humans. Though “Fatalis” has a… ...

Human Evolution Who were the Denisovans, ... (Paramylodon harlani), saber-toothed cats (Smilodon fatalis), western horses (Equus occidentalis) and yesterday's camels (Camelops hesternus). ...

Saber-toothed tigers, or smilodon fatalis, are a species of large cat that weighed somewhere between 350 and 620 pounds, making the extinct creature larger than both the modern African lion, the ...