Claire. Posted September 22, 2016 #1 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Early Cats Traveled with Vikings and Farmers The early origins of domesticated cats are shrouded in mystery, but a new genetic analysis suggests that felines traveled the world with farmers and Vikings. The News section of Nature reports that the broadest genetic analysis to date of ancient cats reveals two waves of cat expansion. In the first wave, cats spread from the Middle East into the eastern Mediterranean, alongside human farmers. The second wave of expansion started in Egypt — where cats had religious significance and were often mummified — and spread by sea to Eurasia and Africa. These discoveries come courtesy a study of the mitochondrial DNA of 209 ancient cats whose remains were preserved at archaeological sites. Mitochondrial DNA is passed down through the maternal line and is separate from the nuclear DNA that comes from both parents. Read more: Live Science 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast Posted September 22, 2016 #2 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Ok, now I know better. Its the vikings and the farmers who are responsible for my damn cat allergy. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblykiss Posted September 22, 2016 #3 Share Posted September 22, 2016 32 minutes ago, toast said: Ok, now I know better. Its the vikings and the farmers who are responsible for my damn cat allergy. You can thank your parents for that one, I thank mine daily for the multitude of allergies they passed onto me as well. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Posted September 22, 2016 #4 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Obviously our feline overlords forced their human slaves to migrate and travel so they could fulfill their desire for total world and internet domination. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorvir Posted September 22, 2016 #5 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Good. Two of my favorite things are combining their power. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire. Posted September 22, 2016 Author #6 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Actual true to life depiction of the formidable Viking cats. Honest. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likely Guy Posted September 23, 2016 #7 Share Posted September 23, 2016 'Bones' is pleased (and sleeping on his favourite chair). 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.ZZ. Posted September 23, 2016 #8 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Our cat Missy confronts an armored "Viking" frog. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habitat Posted September 23, 2016 #9 Share Posted September 23, 2016 What an odd couple ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likely Guy Posted September 23, 2016 #10 Share Posted September 23, 2016 4 hours ago, Clair said: Actual true to life depiction of the formidable Viking cats. Honest. Thorvir's next avatar methinks... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oniomancer Posted October 1, 2016 #11 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Oh come on, nobody thought to post this? http://www.public.asu.edu/~mesmith9/VikingKittens.htm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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