Researchers say cats may have started spending time with humans about 10,000 years ago. French scientists studied the DNA of 209 ancient cats from Europe, Africa and Asia. They included some ancient Egyptian cat mummies. DNA is short for deoxyribonucleic acid. Its carries the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning and reproduction of all living things. The researchers were able to follow how ancient cats moved along the eastern Mediterranean Sea from Egypt through Turkey and what is Iraq today.
Title: Science Shows Early Spread of Cats in the World
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1965/early_cats.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Science Shows Early Spread of Cats in the World' data-article-id='2483'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10146'>Researchers say cats may have started spending time with humans about 10,000 years ago.</span> <span data-start-time='10146' data-end-time='21979'>French scientists studied the DNA of 209 ancient cats from Europe, Africa and Asia.</span> <span data-start-time='21979' data-end-time='27417'>They included some ancient Egyptian cat mummies.</span> <span data-start-time='27417' data-end-time='33000'>DNA is short for deoxyribonucleic acid.</span> <span data-start-time='33000' data-end-time='44708'>Its carries the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning and reproduction of all living things.</span> <span data-start-time='44708' data-end-time='60458'>The researchers were able to follow how ancient cats moved along the eastern Mediterranean Sea from Egypt through Turkey and what is Iraq today.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1965/ancient_cat.m4a'><span>ancient cat</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=8954 data-hint-location='10146' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1965/scientists_studied_ancient__blank_.m4a'>Scientists studied ancient <span class='blank'>cats</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='cats'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1965/dogs.m4a'><span>dogs</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1965/cats.m4a'><span>cats</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1965/humans.m4a'><span>humans</span></div><div class='choice' 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