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    • Cats Domesticated Themselves, Ancient DNA Shows
      • The earlier ancestors of today’s domestic cats spread from southwest Asia and into Europe as early as 4400 B.C. The cats likely started hanging around farming communities in the Fertile Crescent about 8,000 years ago, where they settled into a mutually beneficial relationship as humans’ rodent patrol.
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      Cats Domesticated Themselves, Ancient DNA Shows

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    May 24, 2024 · In the last two decades, it has been established that the Near Eastern wildcat (Felis silvestris lybica) is the common ancestor of all domesticated cats, and that they were first domesticated...

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    All domestic cats, the authors declared, descended from a Middle Eastern wildcat, Felis sylvestris, which literally means "cat of the woods." Cats were first domesticated in the...

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    The domestic cat originated from Near-Eastern and Egyptian populations of the African wildcat, Felis sylvestris lybica. The family Felidae, to which all living feline species belong, is theorized to have arisen about ten to eleven million years ago and is divided into eight major phylogenetic lineages. The Felis lineage in particular is the ...

  8. www.nationalgeographic.com › science › articleCats Domesticated Themselves, Ancient DNA Shows

    Jun 19, 2017 · The earlier ancestors of today’s domestic cats spread from southwest Asia and into Europe as early as 4400 B.C. The cats likely started hanging around farming communities in the Fertile...

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  9. www.sci.news › biology › cat-domestication-12196How Cats Evolved from the Savanna to Your Sofa | Sci.News

    Aug 21, 2023 · They moved northward through Europe (and ultimately to North America), south deeper into Africa and eastward to Asia. Ancient DNA even demonstrates that Vikings played a role in spreading felines far and wide.

  10. theconversation.com › cats-first-finagled-theirCats first finagled their way into human hearts and homes ...

    Aug 3, 2023 · They moved northward through Europe (and ultimately to North America), south deeper into Africa and eastward to Asia. Ancient DNA even demonstrates that Vikings played a role in spreading...