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- Humans brought cats onto ships to catch mice and, in the process, spread cats all around the world.
www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/06/cat-domination/530685/
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Jun 19, 2017 · In the study, researchers extracted mitochondrial DNA (which is passed down the maternal line) from more than 200 ancient cat remains that came from Viking graves, Egyptian mummies and Stone Age...
Jun 19, 2017 · Researchers wanted to know: How did these two separate cat-doms lead to today's global feline success? That wasn’t a question that could be answered with modern cat genetics alone.
Jun 19, 2017 · Domestic cats were originally tamed from the wildcat. In the study, researchers extracted mitochondrial DNA (which is passed down the maternal line) from more than 200 ancient cat remains...
Jun 19, 2017 · From there, the DNA analysis suggests domestic cats spread out over a period of around 1,300 years to the 5th century AD, with remains recorded in Bulgaria, Turkey and Jordan. ‘Blotched’...
Jul 10, 2017 · Researchers had only the DNA from modern cats to work with. These data showed that house cats had been tamed from African wildcats. What was not clear was when domesticated cats began to spread around the world. Now, new ways of studying ancient DNA are pointing to some answers.
Sep 20, 2016 · Nature - First large-scale study of ancient feline DNA charts domestication in Near East and Egypt and the global spread of house cats.
May 2, 2017 · How did scientists determine how house cats spread around the world (or, at least, the Old World)? Geneticists analyzed the mitochondrial DNA of 209 domestic cats found at 30 archaeological sites in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
