“Years before they conquered the Internet, cats colonized our sofas. But they haven’t spent the last ten thousand years just snoozing.”
“A new study reveals that tamed cats swept through Eurasia and Africa carried by early farmers, ancient mariners and even Vikings.
“The researchers analysed DNA from over 200 cat remains and found that farmers in the Near East were probably the first people to successfully tame wild cats 9,000 years ago, before a second wave of cat domestication a few thousand years later in ancient Egypt.”
Read the original research paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-…
Nature news story about the study: http://www.nature.com/news/how-cats-c…
MAXyourMIND 
Very interesting. One of my very favorite stories when I was a kid was The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth.
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Sharon,
ALL cats go to heaven. Other than that, the book sounds wonderful!After all, it was about a cat. Don’t mention this to Freddie. I bet he thinks it is all DOGS who go to heaven.
Meowie
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All dogs DO go to heaven.
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Sharon,
You sound like a cat person and a dog person rolled into!! How do you manage that?
Peggy
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Judy, Madame Editor,
Thanks so much for the info. This was a good read for me on a hot summer day. I loved the video too.
Denise Legters
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Denise,
You are welcome. Positively Tuesday posts are mostly fun. Do you have a cat who watched it with you?
Peggy (Judy had a day off from comments and Freddie was out for a walk)
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Hi Peggy,
Good to connect with you. I do have 2 lovable cats. I caught them up on the history of their ancestors. I hope you and Judy are both having healthy days. Pass on my well wishes.
Denise
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Denise,
I will do that. Glad your cats now know their history. It is good to have well educated cats. My cat will have to hit the books now.
Peggy
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