How Wild Cats Became Domesticated as Pets
by Lori Dorn from Laughing Squid on (#469PP)
In a moggy Chintis Lundgren, genetics researcher Eva-Marie Geigl explains the history of how cats were first domesticated from their wild, solitary roots. Geigl looks at how cats were viewed, the use they provided to humans and how the cats responded to being in the company of humans.
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