A new study of DNA from more than 200 ancient cats reveals far more about when and how wild cats — solitary, reclusive and very ill-tempered — began to pad their way from the edges of civilization into our homes and hearts.
An international team of researchers, working with remains spanning 9,000 years, found that the cats' dispersal happened in two waves. The first was from the Fertile Crescent, the second from Egypt. And the migration likely included voyages on Viking ships.
| |  | | Democracy Dies in Darkness | | | | | | Science Alert | Mon., Jun. 19, 2017 11:01 a.m. | | | | | | Bones and teeth of ancient cats reveal the start of felines' 'worldwide conquest' | A new study of DNA from more than 200 ancient cats reveals far more about when and how wild cats — solitary, reclusive and very ill-tempered — began to pad their way from the edges of civilization into our homes and hearts. An international team of researchers, working with remains spanning 9,000 years, found that the cats' dispersal happened in two waves. The first was from the Fertile Crescent, the second from Egypt. And the migration likely included voyages on Viking ships. | | Read more » | | | |
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