{"id":1209,"date":"2019-11-07T05:52:27","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T05:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/petdedicated.com\/?p=1209"},"modified":"2019-11-07T05:52:27","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T05:52:27","slug":"how-we-domesticated-cats-twice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petdedicated.com\/?p=1209","title":{"rendered":"How We Domesticated Cats (Twice)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How We Domesticated Cats (Twice)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CYPJzQppANo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A 9,500 year old burial in Cyprus represents some of the oldest known evidence of human\/cat companionships anywhere in the world. But when did this close relationship between humans and cats start?\u00a0And how did humans help cats take over the world?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Big thanks to these paleoartists for allowing us to use their wonderful illustrations:<br \/>\nJulio Lacerda (who illustrated the Cyprus grave site): https:\/\/252mya.com\/gallery\/julio-lacerda<br \/>\nCeri Thomas (who illustrated Felis silvestris lybica): http:\/\/alphynix.tumblr.com\/<\/p>\n<p>Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios: http:\/\/youtube.com\/pbsdigitalstudios<\/p>\n<p>Super special thanks to the following Patreon patrons for helping make Eons possible:<\/p>\n<p>Katie Fichtner, Anthony Callaghan, Gina Viglietti, Laura Sanborn, Jack Arbuckle, David Sewall, Anton Bryl, Ben Thorson, Andrey, MissyElliottSmith, The Scintillating Spencer, Zachary Spencer, Stefan Weber, Ilya Murashov, Robert Amling, Po Foon Kwong, Larry Wilson, Merri Snaidman, John Vanek, Esmeralda Rupp-Spangle, Gregory Donovan, Gabriel Cortez, Marcus Lejon, Robert Ar\u00e9valo, Robert Hill, Todd Dittman, Betsy Radley, PS, Philip Slingerland, Eric Vonk, Henrik Peteri, Jonathan Wright, Jon Monteiro, James Bording, Brad Nicholls, Miles Chaston, Michael McClellan, Jeff Graham, Maria Humphrey, Nathan Paskett, Connor Jensen, Daisuke Goto, Hubert Rady, Gregory Kintz, Tyson Cleary, Chandler Bass, Joao Ascensao, Tsee Lee, Alex Yan<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to support the channel, head over to http:\/\/patreon.com\/eons and pledge for some cool rewards!<\/p>\n<p>Want to follow Eons elsewhere on the internet?<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eonsshow<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/eonsshow<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/eonsshow\/<\/p>\n<p>References: https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1PrjxNeht0mNaC1ROZQtSd4vs6eFljlq0Wk0W4Twh7ZQ\/edit?usp=sharing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 9,500 year old burial in Cyprus represents some of the oldest known evidence of human\/cat companionships anywhere in the world. But when did this close relationship between humans and cats start?\u00a0And how did humans help cats take over the world?\u00a0 Big thanks to these paleoartists for allowing us to use their wonderful illustrations: Julio Lacerda (who illustrated the Cyprus grave site): https:\/\/252mya.com\/gallery\/julio-lacerda Ceri Thomas (who illustrated Felis silvestris lybica): http:\/\/alphynix.tumblr.com\/ Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios: http:\/\/youtube.com\/pbsdigitalstudios Super special thanks to the following Patreon patrons for helping make Eons possible: Katie Fichtner, Anthony Callaghan, Gina Viglietti, Laura Sanborn, Jack Arbuckle, David Sewall, Anton Bryl, Ben Thorson, Andrey, MissyElliottSmith, The Scintillating Spencer, Zachary Spencer, Stefan Weber, Ilya Murashov, Robert Amling, Po Foon Kwong, Larry Wilson, Merri Snaidman, John Vanek, Esmeralda Rupp-Spangle, Gregory Donovan, Gabriel Cortez, Marcus Lejon, Robert Ar\u00e9valo, Robert Hill, Todd Dittman, Betsy Radley, PS, Philip Slingerland, Eric [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4939,6,5,4942,4927,4932,4918,1987,4941,4,4931,4933,4944,4922,986,4930,4936,4938,4937,4928,7,4925,4934,4926,4929,4919,4920,4923,4924,3,4940,4945,4921,4943,4935],"class_list":["post-1209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-african-wildcat","tag-animals","tag-cats","tag-commensal-pathway","tag-complexly","tag-cyprus","tag-dinos","tag-dinosaurs","tag-direct-pathway","tag-dogs","tag-domestic-cat","tag-domestication","tag-egyptian-cats","tag-eons","tag-feline","tag-felis-catus","tag-felis-silvestris","tag-felis-silvestris-libyca","tag-felis-silvestris-lybica","tag-fossils","tag-funny-animals","tag-hank-green","tag-house-cat","tag-john-green","tag-natural-history","tag-paleo","tag-paleontology","tag-pbs","tag-pbs-digital-studios","tag-pets","tag-prey-pathway","tag-roman-cats","tag-scishow","tag-tabby-cat","tag-wildcat"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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