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Senin, 16 Desember 2013

The Evolution of Our Cat Obsession

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The Evolution of Our Cat Obsession

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Why do people keep cats?

As a non-cat person, I have long been perplexed by this state of affairs, in which millions and millions of humans around the world have wound up sharing a home with these odd (and, fine, kind of cute) creatures. How did this come to be?

For a long time, archaeologists have hunted for early evidence of this relationship between humans and cats. They've found a wildcat buried near a human on Cyprus from about 9,500 years ago, a proximity suggesting some sort of relationship between the two species. And from ancient Egypt, there are paintings — about 4,000 years old — that depict cats, often sitting beneath the chairs of women. Read more...

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