what was its purpose in ancient times?
Waterproofing, adhesive, used for mortar between bricks and stones, to cement parts of carvings etc
Asphalt
waterproofing, and as an adhesive dates 
when did the saber toothed cat become extinct It became extinct 10,000 years ago in the Quaternary extinction event. what is smilodon? is a genus of the extinct machairodont subfamily of the felids. how does it look like? It is well-developed forelimbs and exceptionally long upper canine teeth and its jaw has a bigger gape than that of modern cats. how did it get its name? Lund named it Smilodon populator which the Ancient Greek meaning of "Smilodon" as ("smilē"), "scalpel" or "two-edged knife", and "οδόντος" ("odontús"), "tooth". how friendly is their behavior with humans? UNANSWERABLE where can these creatures be widely found? Fossils were found in parts of North America, South America and as far as north Alberta, Canada. what do they feed on? They fed on peccary "Platygonus" and the llama-like "Hemiauchenia", bison, tapirs, deer etc were there any natural traps that acted as its threat? Yes, asphalt seeps and the Talara Tar Seeps what does the first one mean? They are naturally occurring deposits of bitumen are formed from the remains of ancient, microscopic algae (diatoms) and other once-living things. what are its other uses? Roofing shingles, roll roofing, cattle sprays, fence-post treatments, and waterproofing for fabrics.
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Asphalt [SEP] Ancient times
The use of natural bitumen for waterproofing, and as an adhesive dates at least to the fifth millennium BC, with a crop storage basket discovered in Mehrgarh, of the Indus Valley Civilization, lined with it. By the 3rd millennium BC refined rock asphalt was in use in the region, and was used to waterproof the Great Bath in Mohenjo-daro. In the ancient Middle East, the Sumerians used natural bitumen deposits for mortar between bricks and stones, to cement parts of carvings, such as eyes, into place, for ship caulking, and for waterproofing. The Greek historian Herodotus said hot bitumen was used as mortar in the walls of Babylon.