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Cats Chose To Domesticate Themselves ... And May Choose To Go Back
Not So Random Facts
English - June 10, 2020 06:00 - 16 minutes - 22.4 MB - ★★★★ - 115 ratingsScience Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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If dogs are man's best friend, what are cats? Our begrudging roommates? Whatever they are, they hold a unique place in the genetic experiments we call domestication. While goats and sheep looked tasty and wolves were helpful on the hunt, cats were just kind of handy to have around. But they were free to come and go as they please for most of the historical interaction between homo sapiens and felis silvestris ... and that works just fine for cats.
Host - Michael Rainey - https://twitter.com/raineymichaelv
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