The Evolution &
History of the Cat
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"Even the smallest of felines is a masterpiece"
Leonardo De Vinci
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The Evolution of the Cat Part 1
By Alfred and Miss Patches Marie Kitty
It has long been scientifically accepted that the house cats
that we know and love today have wild ancestors: Cousins
that used to roam the plains indiscriminately hunting,
breeding and living without the aid or care of humans. Just
recently it has been determined that the ancestor from which
all cats originated is actually a wild cat from the Fertile
Crescent, not Asia like it was originally thought.
The Fertile Crescent is located in the Middle East,
specifically, Saudi Arabia, Israel and other neighboring
countries. The Near Eastern Wildcat still exists today and
roams the deserts in those countries just as it has for
thousands of years. The belief is that seventy thousand to
one hundred thousand years ago, the Near Eastern Wildcat was
the progenitor of the domestic house cat of today.
"It's plausible that the ancient [domestic cat] lineages
were present in the wildcat populations back as far as
70,000 or 100,000 years ago," said study co-author Stephen
O'Brien of the National Cancer Institute in Frederick,
Maryland.
The wildcat kittens may have been originally found by
farmers, tamed and allowed to roam the farm to hunt for
pests that would damage crops.
"One of nearly 40 wild cat species existing at that time,
the little wildcat that lived in the Middle East had a
genetic variance that allowed it to sort of try an
experiment - 'let's walk in and see if we can get along with
those people'," O'Brien said.
Carlos Driscoll of the National Cancer Institute, scientists
at the University of Oxford in England, and others have
studied the cat and its lineages and have found five
matriarchal lineages to which modern domestic cats belong.
"This tells us that domestic cats were sort of widely
recruited, probably over time and space," Driscoll said.
See The Evolution of
the Cat - Part 2
The Cat Fanciers' Association was founded in 1906 and is
dedicated to promoting the welfare of domestic cats and
improving the breeds. A nonprofit organization that registers
the pedigrees of cats and kittens, the CFA and its affiliates
also sponsor over 400 cat shows annually worldwide.
In addition, in 1968 the CFA established the Winn Feline
Foundation, which has donated over two million dollars
toward medical research to improve the health of all cats.
The Cat Fanciers' Association currently recognizes 36
breeds of domestic cats.
Abyssinian
American Curl
American Shorthair
American Wirehair
Balinese
Birman
Bombay
British Shorthair
Burmese
Chartreux
Colorpoint Shorthair
Cornish Rex
Devon Rex
Egyptian Mau
European Burmese
Exotic
Havana Brown
Javanese
Japanese Bobtail
Korat
Maine Coon
Manx
Norwegian Forest Cat
Ocicat
Oriental
Persian
Russian Blue
Ragdoll
Scottish Fold
Selkirk Rex
Siamese
Singapura
Somali
Tonkinese
Turkish Angora
Turkish Van
Alfred Says:
You know that cats are carnivores, meaning they are meat eaters.
They don't have the ability to manufacture proteins in their liver
as dogs and humans do, thus they have to get their proteins from food.
Complete proteins come from meat sources. Incomplete proteins come
from grains. Incomplete proteins do not have all the amino acids
present required to form what we call a complete protein.
Also you will want to consider the presence of harsh chemical preservatives
that are in some foods, such as BHA, BHT, and ethoxyquin. All have been
proven to play a role in various degenerative diseases such as kidney
and liver disease, and cancer.
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