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Jun 19, 2017 · 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.
Jun 19, 2017 · 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.
Aug 14, 2023 · In general, evidence suggests cats spread throughout the world in maritime vessels and found in port cities. Passengers on the Mayflower and residents of Jamestown brought mousers with them to eat rodents and also for good luck, another nature ecology phenomenon.
Domesticated cats originated [11] from near-eastern and Egyptian populations of F. s. lybica. The former gathered around human agricultural colonies themselves, while the latter (~1500 BC) seems mainly attractive in behavioral traits.
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.
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.
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Nov 19, 2019 · According to a recent study by Claudio Ottoni, cat domestication took place in two strains, but all domestic cats have a common ancestor: the North African / Southwest Asian wildcat, Felis silvestris lybica (Ottoni et al., 2017).
