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Domestic cats may have ancient roots
Yahoo! News (AP) ^
| 6/28/2007
| Randolph E. Schmid
Posted on 06/28/2007 12:45:32 PM PDT by Pyro7480
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This undated photo provided by the journal Science shows a domestic calico feline, Callie Pinholster-Stahley, who is 10 years old, weighs 17 pounds, and enjoys eating, sleeping, half-heartedly swatting at the occasional feather, and eating. (AP Photo/Science)
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posted on
06/28/2007 12:45:39 PM PDT
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Pyro7480
To: SunkenCiv; PetroniDE; Slings and Arrows
Ping!
From Wikipedia: In 2004, a grave was excavated in Cyprus that contained the skeletons, laid close to one another, of both a human and a cat. The grave is estimated to be 9,500 years old, pushing back the earliest known feline-human association significantly.
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posted on
06/28/2007 12:47:40 PM PDT
by
Pyro7480
("Jesu, Jesu, Jesu, esto mihi Jesus" -St. Ralph Sherwin's last words at Tyburn)
To: Pyro7480
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posted on
06/28/2007 12:50:28 PM PDT
by
labette
To: Pyro7480
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posted on
06/28/2007 12:53:27 PM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the round in the chamber.)
To: Pyro7480
I just read two days ago that the big African cats can be traced back to the Americas.
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posted on
06/28/2007 12:54:59 PM PDT
by
blam
(Secure the border then, Introduce an Illegal Immigrant Deportation Bill)
To: Pyro7480
Cats' ancestry was traced to five types of wild cats...If cats are descended from wild cats, how come there are still wild cats? hmmmm. ;O)
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posted on
06/28/2007 12:56:49 PM PDT
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ladtx
("You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks." Will Rogers)
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posted on
06/28/2007 12:57:13 PM PDT
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Slings and Arrows
(Gaza: Your one-stop schadenfreude entertainment center.)
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posted on
06/28/2007 1:05:14 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(It's always darkest just before it goes totally black. ~~ My Mother said it first)
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posted on
06/28/2007 1:08:23 PM PDT
by
Fawn
(If it wasn't for FR, I'd be having an Existential MELTDOWN..............right now)
To: Pyro7480
... and thus the origins of feminism.
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posted on
06/28/2007 1:17:42 PM PDT
by
shekkian
To: Pyro7480
Domestication of cats began as long as 10,000 to 12,000 years ago, O'Brien said, as the earliest farmers domesticated grains and cereal. As that occurred, local wild cats adapted to hunting rodents in the grain and developed a relationship with humans. A negotiated" partnership, accounting for the independence of cats up to this day. While I could envision my dog saying "yes, Master." if she could talk, my cat would never stoop to such humiliating depths, thank you.
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posted on
06/28/2007 1:28:41 PM PDT
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JimSEA
To: Pyro7480; Slings and Arrows
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posted on
06/28/2007 1:35:38 PM PDT
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Daffynition
(Label Warning: Formerly known as "rainbow sprinkles")
To: Pyro7480
Gee, I thought they were made by Neiman-Marcus.
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posted on
06/28/2007 2:08:38 PM PDT
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wolfcreek
(AMNESTY: See what BROWN can do for you..)
To: Slings and Arrows; PetroniDE; 4catsinmaryland; 4mycountry; 7.62 x 51mm; abner; Aeronaut; Allegra; ..
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posted on
06/28/2007 3:01:54 PM PDT
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Lady Jag
(Fall seven times, stand up eight)
To: Lady Jag
RE: "Domestic cats may have ancient roots" I hear dogs may have 'ancient roots' too...
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posted on
06/28/2007 4:21:44 PM PDT
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Seadog Bytes
(OPM - The Liberal 'solution' to every societal problem. (Other People's Money))
To: Pyro7480
Everything under the sun that’s living has ancient roots! Gees! We are all descended from something!
To: Seadog Bytes
Everyone knows dogs do their hair more often than cats.
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posted on
06/28/2007 5:50:33 PM PDT
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Lady Jag
(Fall seven times, stand up eight)
To: Slings and Arrows
My sometimes domesticated son says he's not impressed!
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posted on
06/28/2007 6:00:25 PM PDT
by
Lauren BaRecall
(Illegal aliens do not have Constitutional rights.)
To: Pyro7480
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posted on
06/28/2007 8:50:18 PM PDT
by
garjog
(Used to be liberals were just people to disagree with. Now they are a threat to our existence.)
To: ladtx
Even those domestic kitties are pretty wild.
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posted on
06/28/2007 9:31:18 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated June 27, 2007.)
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