Dinofelis was a creature similar to the jaguar of South America, and
between a lion and a leopard in size. Its distinguishing feature, other
than its huge fangs, was its powerful front legs, presumably used to pin
down its prey ripping into it. The idea of sabre-toothed cats as hominid
predators continues to be explored, but it is likely they were among
several creatures hunting our early ancestors. These hominid ancestors
included species like Australopithecus africanus and their cousins,
Paranthropus robustus.
Palaeontologist Professor Bob Brain did extensive research at Swartkrans
where the hominid species Homo ergaster and Paranthropus robustus lived and
where Dinofelis remains have also been found.
In his book, The Hunters or the Hunted? An Introduction to African Cave
Taphonomy (1981), Brain hypothesises that early humans were the prey of
various predators including sabre-toothed cats, and that Dinofelis was a
"specialist primate killer", selecting hominids and baboons as prey.
Brain suggests hominids were vulnerable as they lived in open grassland,
and would have sought shelter in cave entrances. This is where
sabre-toothed cats like Dinofelis would attack them, dragging them deeper
into the caves to devour them.
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