We know from fossil evidence that spotted hyenas used to live in egypt but died out there about 5000 years ago. The striped hyena remained. This was not some i

We know from fossil evidence that spotted hyenas used to live in egypt but died out there about 5000 years ago. The striped hyena remained. This was not some improbable random event that took 5000 years to be observed. Climate change recently created a new corridor of acceptable conditions that allowed a hyena from a distant region to migrate.