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Cats Sailed With Vikings to Conquer The World, Says Genetic Study
science alert ^
Posted on 08/08/2018 10:58:35 PM PDT by BenLurkin
n the first large-scale study of ancient feline DNA, the results reveal how our inscrutable friends were domesticated in the Near East and Egypt some 15,000 years ago, before spreading across the globe and into our hearts.
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.
"We don't know the history of ancient cats. We do not know their origin, we don't know how their dispersal occurred," one of the team, Eva-Maria Geigl, an evolutionary geneticist from the Institut Jacques Monod in France, told Ewen Callaway at Nature.
Analysing the DNA of cats found in ancient Egyptian tombs, burial sites in Cyprus, and an old Viking settlement in Germany, the team found that cats likely experienced not one, but two, waves of expansion during their early history.
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencealert.com ...
TOPICS: History; Pets/Animals; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: africa; ancientnavigation; animalhusbandry; cat; cats; cyprus; dna; egypt; europe; evamariageigl; ewencallaway; france; genetic; germany; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; kitteh; kittehs; kitten; kittens; kittyping; middleeast; navigation; neareast; vikingkitties; vikings
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To: SunkenCiv
Or maybe
Cats Conquered The World, With Help from Vikings
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posted on
08/09/2018 4:23:04 AM PDT
by
Mr Radical
(In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
To: Moonman62
"...They organized us for their benefit..." Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! They are "The Masters of The Opposable Thumbs"!
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posted on
08/09/2018 5:51:07 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
To: mewzilla
43
posted on
08/09/2018 6:12:12 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon)
To: Fresh Wind
So funny. My cat looks exactly like that.
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posted on
08/09/2018 6:17:25 AM PDT
by
xenia
("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." George Orwell)
To: Hugin
Ooh, fluffy!
(want to pet them)
45
posted on
08/09/2018 6:40:16 AM PDT
by
Kommodor
(Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
To: SunkenCiv
46
posted on
08/09/2018 6:42:31 AM PDT
by
OneVike
(Just another Christian waiting to go home)
To: C210N
Today, these ancient warriors hide amongst us, ready to fight and defend their honor and the litter box...
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posted on
08/09/2018 6:47:10 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
To: Jemian; BenLurkin
From the comments section in the linked video, is a link to this supposedly new article. Posted comment is 2 years old. Article must be recycled. *shrug*
To: YankeeinOkieville
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posted on
08/09/2018 7:28:13 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Cats sailed with everyone, to keep the mice down.
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posted on
08/09/2018 8:32:28 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
To: SunkenCiv
Since I was a little kid I always thought the head on the sphinx was somehow ‘wrong’.
Given the artistry of the structures all around it, it would be stunning for them to create it with a head so out of proportion.
It clearly was also buried, for a long long time.
So, my theory is that it was built far longer ago than we know, there was a flood, it was buried, and only the head was sticking out. After a few thousand years the head erodes away and just looks like a big rock.
So they carve it into a Pharaoh’s head, maybe not even knowing a whole feline body is underground.
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posted on
08/09/2018 8:37:33 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
To: SunkenCiv
I cite the lack of LOL Cats in the Nordic histories to refute this supposition that Vikings were cat people.
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posted on
08/09/2018 10:43:25 AM PDT
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: BenLurkin
Just for the punchline at the end, this was worth reading.
To: Magnum44; Doogle
Possibly the most awesome kitty GIF ever.
Although the shaking-head one above held that title well...
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posted on
08/09/2018 1:15:26 PM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: Grimmy
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posted on
08/09/2018 9:11:53 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: Mr Radical
That does seem more likely, you're onto something I believe.
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posted on
08/09/2018 9:12:23 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: OneVike; vannrox; BBell; BenLurkin; 1_Inch_Group; Bullish; Buttons12; C210N; ...
Runic writing does look like it was invented by cats. And those big upright posts sticking up at the front of the longships -- obviously scratching posts.
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posted on
08/09/2018 9:18:39 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: Moonman62
Our collective amnesia about cat origins would also be explained by your hypothesis.
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posted on
08/09/2018 9:20:33 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: SunkenCiv
Oh no.
Is there a runic transcript that reads “I Kan Haz Cheezeberger?”
If so, my theory is trash. Oh well. I already spent the $15mm grant monies. They aint getting that back.
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posted on
08/09/2018 9:20:54 PM PDT
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/09/2018 9:46:45 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
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