Cats Migrated into Europe 7,000 Years Earlier Than Once Thought

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Cats Migrated to Europe 7,000 Years Earlier Than Once Thought

The animals were imperfect, long-tailed, unfortunate in their heads. Little by little they put themselves together, making themselves a landscape, acquiring spots, grace, flight.

^{Ayun Halliday (Openculture.com)}

Archeology Southwest article: More than a Pet: Exploring Canine Cultural Histories in North America, "Throw a stick for a dog, & chances are the dog will excitedly wag its tail, charge off at a gallop, & return with the stick in its mouth. Throw a stick for a wolf, & it will look at you quizzically before trotting off to do wolf things. How the latter ever became the former is a subject of much contemplation."

Hm, wolf things? 🤔

(Photo mine.)

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New study rewrites the origins of the Macedonian kingdom, dating Alexander the Great’s dynasty to the 6th century BCE

For over a century, the foundation of the Macedonian kingdom, the homeland of Philip II and Alexander the Great, has been placed in the mid-7th century BCE. This date, repeated in countless history books, has long been treated as a fact...

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