EPISODE · Jan 7, 2019 · 11 MIN
A genetic history of cats in Europe
from Springer Nature · host Springer Nature
Europe's 102 million domestic cats were spread across the continent by the Roman Empire. At least, that was the consensus. However, new genetic, archaeological, and archaeozoological evidence suggests that our feline friends were present in Central Europe thousands of years earlier than previously thought. How did they get there? And what does this mean for our understanding of cat domestication? Join us as we talk to three of the authors behind this new fascinating research. Related article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41437-018-0071-4
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