The oldest archaeological evidence for cat domestication is a 9,500-year-old grave, discovered in Cyprus in 2004, in which a Paleolithic-era human was buried with their feline pet. There is scant material evidence for the spread of cats throughout Europe before the Late Middle Ages. Only in the second half of the 13th century do cat bones start to show up with some frequency in Europe’s zooarchaeological record, indicating an increase in their popularity.
We should just put a cat on our flag at this point
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Source: https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/cat-migration-europe/
9,500-year-old pet cat grave
The oldest archaeological evidence for cat domestication is a 9,500-year-old grave, discovered in Cyprus in 2004, in which a Paleolithic-era human was buried with their feline pet. There is scant material evidence for the spread of cats throughout Europe before the Late Middle Ages. Only in the second half of the 13th century do cat bones start to show up with some frequency in Europe’s zooarchaeological record, indicating an increase in their popularity.
We should just put a cat on our flag at this point
Ο ΚΆΤΤΟΣ ΜΟΥ ΕΝ ΠΟΛΥΤΑΞΙΔΕΜΕΝΟΣ!