喵星人为何遍布全世界？多亏了爱猫的埃及人
<p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="domestic">domestic</span> <span word="cat">cat</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="proved">proved</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="successful">successful</span> <span word="animals">animals</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="planet">planet</span>, <span word="managing">managing</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="capitalise">capitalise</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="close">close</span> <span word="relations">relations</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="humans">humans</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="colonise">colonise</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="continent">continent</span> <span word="except">except</span> <span word="Antarctica">Antarctica</span>.</p><p>据证实，被驯化的猫是全球和人类关系最亲密的动物之一，除了南极洲，驯化猫的足迹踏遍世界各地。</p><p><span word="Now">Now</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="discovered">discovered</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="today">today</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Felis">Felis</span> <span word="silvestris">silvestris</span> <span word="lybica">lybica</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="descended">descended</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="cats">cats</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Ancient">Ancient</span> <span word="Egypt">Egypt</span>.</p><p>最近科学家发现，今天的非洲野猫大部分是千万年前古埃及猫的后代。</p><p><span word="Using">Using</span> <span word="genetic">genetic</span> <span word="analysis">analysis</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="researchers">researchers</span> <span word="established">established</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="cats">cats</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="domesticated">domesticated</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Near">Near</span> <span word="East">East</span> <span word="about">about</span> 10,000 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>, <span word="probably">probably</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="farmers">farmers</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="feline">feline</span> <span word="skills">skills</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="dealing">dealing</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="mice">mice</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="rodents">rodents</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="raid">raid</span> <span word="grain">grain</span> <span word="stores">stores</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="complete">complete</span> <span word="cat">cat</span> <span word="skeleton">skeleton</span> <span word="dated">dated</span> <span word="to">to</span> 7,500<span word="BC">BC</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="associated">associated</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="burial">burial</span> <span word="site">site</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="island">island</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Cyprus">Cyprus</span>. <span word="However">However</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="thousand">thousand</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="later">later</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="cats">cats</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="journey">journey</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="corner">corner</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="globe">globe</span>.</p><p>研究员通过基因分析明确了猫最早被驯化大约在一万年前的近东地区，可能是农民因为猫会抓老鼠和其他侵害粮仓的动物，所以驯养了猫。此前，在塞浦路斯岛人的坟墓处曾发现一架与之相关的完整猫骨架，这副骨架可追溯到公元前7,500年。然而，几千年后，猫才开始席卷全球。</p>
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