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The team analyzed DNA from 225 ancient cat specimens collected across Europe, North Africa, and Anatolia. These were were bones and teeth spanning more than 10,000 years of human history. From these ...

A new genome study is providing some insight into the matter by determining the timing of a key milestone in feline ...