Saber-Toothed Tigers And Humans Met About 300,000 Years Ago At SchÃ¶ningen In Present-Day Germany. Walk With Beasts exhibition, Horniman Museum, London. The Smilodon is also colloquially known as Saber-toothed cat or Saber-toothed tiger. The Smilodon is the prehistoric cat that is best known to researchers. In truth, all modern day cats, including tigers, came from a completely different line.