National Geographic

"Tower Lions" May Help Resurrect Extinct African Breed

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080404-tower-lions.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080404-tower-lions_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>Medieval-era skulls unearthed from the Tower of London represent the oldest confirmed Barbary lions, a subspecies that has died out in the wild, DNA reveals.</p> </td> </tr></table>