Compared to many other animals, cats change very little of themselves during domestication. Behaviorally, they have become more gentle to humans. Physically, they retain the same size and shape.
Today’s cats and their ancient ancestors still like to pounce on small prey. “Cats did it before they were domesticated, before humans said it was what they needed to do,” said Lylie Lyons, a geneticist at the University of Missouri.
In other words, unlike hunting dogs or shepherd dogs, cats don’t need human training or breeding to be good mouse hunters.
From Egypt, cats invaded all 6 continents, sometimes reaching the Antarctic
However, feral cats and domestic cats still look a little different, especially in the eyes of humans: Domestic cats have a lot of colors and styles.
From ancient DNA, Geigl and her colleagues have identified tabby hair styles (the stripes, stripes, dots, or swirls of domestic cats, often giving the M their top of their heads) an appearance dating back to the time. Middle Ages, from a single mutation in the gene named Taqpep.
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