The Tsavo man-eaters terrorized railroad workers in British East Africa in the 19th century, but their tastes went well ...

Hairs trapped in cavities of the infamous lions that hunted humans in Kenya’s Tsavo region in 1898 revealed the surprising ...

From this technique analyzing the hair’s DNA, the team identified giraffe, human, oryx, waterbuck, wildebeest and zebra as ...

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Scientists analyzed hairs extracted from the broken teeth of two 19th century “man-eater” lions. Their analysis revealed DNA ...

The Tsavo “man-eaters” became infamous after killing at least 28 people in 1898 when they terrorized people in Kenya.

Thanks to some clever scientific detective work, we're getting a glimpse into what two deadly lions were eating -- including their human victims.

Genetic analysis of cavity crud from two famed man-eating lions suggests the method could re-create diets of predators that lived thousands of years ago.

A new study reconstructed the diet of the infamous Tsavo lions using ancient DNA from hairs found in their teeth. The ...

They ultimately identified six prey species: humans, giraffe, oryx, waterbuck ... will apply it to study prey DNA from other animal skulls and teeth.” The research team was most surprised ...

“Our analysis showed that the historic Tsavo lions preyed on giraffe, human, oryx, waterbuck ... apply it to study prey DNA from other animal skulls and teeth.” Gnoske and his colleague ...