Two large maneless male lions known as the "Man-eaters of Tsavo" terrorized workers constructing the Kenya–Uganda Railway until they were shot in 1898. Exact number of their victims is unknown, but they probably killed at least 31 people.. Lions were stuffed and displayed in museums. Ancient DNA confirms that the nineteenth-century carnivores hunted humans and a variety of wild game, including a surprising animal...humans. #nature #DNA #genetics https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03278-5