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.
What does mummy mean?
female parent
genetic instruction
preserved body
ancient cat
Scientists studied ancient cats.
dogs
cats
humans
mummies
Where is genetic instruction used?
all living things
preserved bodies
humans
ancient cats