Lion dropped support for PowerPC applications. This was a "line in the sand" that rendered older software obsolete. 64-Bit Core:
VI. Conclusion
Lion cannot run on modern Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3) Macs natively. It is best used in VirtualBox or VMware Fusion on older Intel Macs. macOS 10.07 Lion - End of Life - SCS Computing Facilities mac os lion iso
: Must be running OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.6 or later to install. Lion dropped support for PowerPC applications