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Apr 27, 2018 · But that wasn't always the case. Cats originated in Turkey around 10,000 years ago and gradually spread across the world as agriculture became more popular. Science Insider tells you all you...
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Jun 19, 2017 · BBC News. The domestic cat is descended from wild cats that were tamed twice - in the Near East and then Egypt, according to the largest study of its kind. Farmers in the Near East were...
Jun 19, 2017 · Modern domestic cats all descend from a single type of wild cat: Felis silvestris lybica. From archaeological studies, researchers believe that F. s. lybica ’s reign begins in the Near East, in...
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’...
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...
Jul 10, 2017 · Later, they spread — first by land, then by sea — to the rest of the world, researchers now report. Early farmers brought cats with them to Europe from the Middle East by 6,400 years ago. That’s the conclusion from looking at DNA from 352 ancient cats.
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Jun 21, 2017 · The researchers analysed DNA from over 200 cat remains and found that the spread of this Near East lineage into Europe occurred as early as 6,400 years ago, before a second wave of cat domestication a few thousand years later in ancient Egypt.
