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Ancient DNA Shows Cats Domesticated Themselves – Why Are We Not Surprised?
Good News Network ^
| March 5, 2021
| Andy Corbley
Posted on 03/08/2021 3:23:59 PM PST by C19fan
omestication of animals was an amazing feat that changed human relationships with the natural world.
But while a Pomeranian looks nothing like a wolf, a thoroughbred jump horse looks nothing like a wild pony, and a potbellied pig looks nothing like a black boar, ‘domestic’ house cats look pretty much exactly like wild cats.
That’s because they domesticated themselves—not through form, but through function, and research reveals that wildcat ancestors share essentially the same genetics as house cats today.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cats; dna; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble
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To: Hot Tabasco
Hawks and other birds of prey are known to target cats. I keep mine indoors for this reason, among others.
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posted on
03/08/2021 5:22:58 PM PST
by
Prole
To: wildcard_redneck
Did you ever see the movie Crazy People?
Sony: Because Caucasians are Too Damn Tall
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posted on
03/08/2021 5:25:30 PM PST
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Presbyterian Reporter
Compare a spider monkey to Michael Moore...
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posted on
03/08/2021 5:25:45 PM PST
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
To: monkeyshine
Because these species of animals were bred specifically to bring out their current appearances and dispositions. You'd think someone writing an article on the subject might know that much. And there are many different breeds of domestic cats. They are much smaller than wild cats. Can the author guess why nobody wanted to live indoors with a cougar?![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Parc_des_Felins_Chat_de_Gordoni_28082013_2.jpg/276px-Parc_des_Felins_Chat_de_Gordoni_28082013_2.jpg)
A cougar is a “big cat.” There are also “small” wild cats. The above is an African Wildcat, not a domestic cat. So I would say the author is right- if that cat walked past your window, would you think it was a wild species from another continent, or just a stray domestic..?
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posted on
03/08/2021 5:39:49 PM PST
by
verum ago
(Some people must truly be in love, for only love can be so blind. Too cynical..?)
To: Magnatron
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posted on
03/08/2021 5:41:09 PM PST
by
MHGinTN
(A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
To: verum ago
if that cat walked past your window, would you think it was a wild species from another continent, or just a stray domestic..?Well, now I will say "that cat sure has strayed a long way!"
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posted on
03/08/2021 5:41:49 PM PST
by
monkeyshine
(live and let live is dead)
To: verum ago
Humor aside, I'd say the same thing I wrote about dogs, and breeding in general. Others made the same points. Very few would want to hang out with a large cat. A small wild cat has a better chance of being allowed to domesticate as it poses little real threat to humans and does contribute to domestic development - killing off rodents etc - and also it can hide better. If that cat saw you it would run, but if you saw a leopard you would run (but perhaps not very far). I assume various civilizations would hunt down and chase away the large carts, and not fear the small ones.
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posted on
03/08/2021 5:48:59 PM PST
by
monkeyshine
(live and let live is dead)
To: C19fan
So the first crazy cat lady farmer was probably an older Neanderthal lady.
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posted on
03/08/2021 5:49:37 PM PST
by
HP8753
(Live Free!!!! .............or don't. )
To: sphinx
rats human codependent species?
The fields and forests are full of them.
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posted on
03/08/2021 5:51:42 PM PST
by
odawg
To: Magnatron
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posted on
03/08/2021 6:03:56 PM PST
by
MHGinTN
(A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
To: Presbyterian Reporter
Check out extinct cave lions and the extinct South American Saber tooth. Biggest yet
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posted on
03/08/2021 6:04:40 PM PST
by
ZULU
(Impeach John Roberts for corruption. SOROS IS "SPARTACUS" BOOKER'S LANISTA.)
To: SouthernClaire
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posted on
03/08/2021 6:07:05 PM PST
by
MHGinTN
(A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
To: RoosterRedux
Those will eliminate the raccoon and garbage can problem in an evening (got a picture of one doing same right off a buddies back porch).
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posted on
03/08/2021 6:10:02 PM PST
by
Axenolith
(WWG1WGA!!!!)
To: MHGinTN
All this time I thought it was just Democrats I had to be worried about...
To: Presbyterian Reporter
The cougars, cheetas and house cats are in a different subfamily than the lions, tigers, leopards and jaguars. Felinae vs Pantherinae. So there’s a larger speciation/type gap over their size differences.
At one time there may have been as many as 4-6 different tool using hominid species on the planet at once, but given our general nature in our current technological state, that was probably pretty brief in any situation where they abutted each other on contiguous territory.
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posted on
03/08/2021 6:24:11 PM PST
by
Axenolith
(WWG1WGA!!!!)
To: wildcard_redneck
We could call them... Epsilons...
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posted on
03/08/2021 6:25:26 PM PST
by
Axenolith
(WWG1WGA!!!!)
To: C19fan
Yep. Cats are four-legged, opportunistic little barbarians who hold their betters in only marginal esteem. And only when they need their bowls filled or their litter boxes emptied.
We have five. *chuckle*
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posted on
03/08/2021 6:30:22 PM PST
by
Viking2002
(The revolution won't need to be televised. It'll be on your doorstep.)
To: MHGinTN
Too funny! I was just watching her “whoop up” on a little stuffed toy I bought for her when I got her. They were about the same size. She tosses it in the air and then stands up, back feet as far apart as she can get them, claws out, and ...
MISS!
Ha, ha.
To: Rurudyne; Axenolith
The only reason the cretins that rule the world haven’t tried to breed a tiny human slave race is their other option is to uplift monkeys, but they cannot decide between the two.
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posted on
03/08/2021 7:47:10 PM PST
by
wildcard_redneck
( COVID lockdowns are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic)
To: C19fan
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posted on
03/08/2021 7:48:25 PM PST
by
mrsmith
(US MEDIA: " Every 'White' cop is a criminal! And all the 'non-white' criminals saints!")
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