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New DNA evidence reveals that the cats of ancient China were not what they seemed.

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Cats didn’t become house pets because humans needed them. They didn’t herd animals, pull carts, or guard property.

7,000-year-old DNA from Sahara skeletons reveals a mysterious lineage with no connection to any modern populations.

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Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...