The study was presented at the International Symposium on Biomolecular Archaeology in Oxford, UK back in 2016, and sequenced DNA from 209 cats that lived between 15,000 and 3,700 years ago - so from just before the advent of agriculture right up to the 18th century. Found in more than 30 archaeological sites in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, these ancient feline specimens are helping researchers to piece together the beginnings of an animal that we share our beds with, but know surprisingly little about.
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Shouldn’t cats be taking credit for human civilization? They organized us for their benefit.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! They are "The Masters of The Opposable Thumbs"!
Our collective amnesia about cat origins would also be explained by your hypothesis.