k Palaeontologist holding prehistoric Iberian lynx thigh bone Palaeontologist restoring the femur thigh bone of a prehistoric Iberian lynx Lynx pardinus estimated to be 1 to 1.2 million years old early Pleistocene. This species evolved as long as 2 million years ago, but conservation efforts were required to prevent its extinction after its population dropped to just 94 in 2002. The femur was found at the Quibas palaeontological site, Abanilla, Spain, which was discovered in 1994. This site contains a wide variety of well preserved fossils from the early Pleistocene., by MARCO ANSALONI SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Stock Photo - Afloimages
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Palaeontologist holding prehistoric Iberian lynx thigh bone Palaeontologist restoring the femur  thigh bone  of a prehistoric Iberian lynx  Lynx pardinus  estimated to be 1 to 1.2 million years old  early Pleistocene . This species evolved as long as 2 million years ago, but conservation efforts were required to prevent its extinction after its population dropped to just 94 in 2002. The femur was found at the Quibas palaeontological site, Abanilla, Spain, which was discovered in 1994. This site contains a wide variety of well preserved fossils from the early Pleistocene., by MARCO ANSALONI   SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
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Palaeontologist holding prehistoric Iberian lynx thigh bone

Palaeontologist restoring the femur (thigh bone) of a prehistoric Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) estimated to be 1 to 1.2 million years old (early Pleistocene). This species evolved as long as 2 million years ago, but conservation efforts were required to prevent its extinction after its population dropped to just 94 in 2002. The femur was found at the Quibas palaeontological site, Abanilla, Spain, which was discovered in 1994. This site contains a wide variety of well preserved fossils from the early Pleistocene., by MARCO ANSALONI / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

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