The palaeogenetics of cat dispersal in the ancient world
The palaeogenetics of cat dispersal in the ancient world
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Ottoni, Claudio , Van Neer, Wim , De Cupere, Bea , Daligault, Julien , Guimaraes, Silvia , Peters, Joris , Spassov, Nikolai , Prendergast, Mary E. , Boivin, Nicole , Morales-Muñiz, Arturo , Bălăşescu, Adrian , Becker, Cornelia , Benecke, Norbert , Boroneant, Adina , Buitenhuis, Hijlke , Chahoud, Jwana , Crowther, Alison , Llorente, Laura , Manaseryan, Nina , Monchot, Hervé , Onar, Vedat , Osypińska, Marta , Putelat, Olivier , Quintana Morales, Eréndira M. , Studer, Jacqueline , Wierer, Ursula , Decorte, Ronny , Grange, Thierry and Geigl, Eva-Maria
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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The cat has long been important to human societies as a pest-control agent, object of symbolic value and companion animal, but little is known about its domestication process and early anthropogenic dispersal. Here we show, using ancient DNA analysis of geographically and temporally widespread archaeological cat remains, that both the Near Eastern...
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The palaeogenetics of cat dispersal in the ancient world
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Van Neer, Wim
De Cupere, Bea
Daligault, Julien
Guimaraes, Silvia
Peters, Joris
Spassov, Nikolai
Prendergast, Mary E.
Boivin, Nicole
Morales-Muñiz, Arturo
Bălăşescu, Adrian
Becker, Cornelia
Benecke, Norbert
Boroneant, Adina
Buitenhuis, Hijlke
Chahoud, Jwana
Crowther, Alison
Llorente, Laura
Manaseryan, Nina
Monchot, Hervé
Onar, Vedat
Osypińska, Marta
Putelat, Olivier
Quintana Morales, Eréndira M.
Studer, Jacqueline
Wierer, Ursula
Decorte, Ronny
Grange, Thierry
Geigl, Eva-Maria
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TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_03661986v1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_03661986v1
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2397-334X
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2397-334X
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10.1038/s41559-017-0139
