“The Egyptian cat must have been very popular, as [two different strains] represented more than half of the maternal lineages in Western Anatolia during the 1st millennium AD, and occurred twice as frequently as the local [strain].

“埃及猫以前肯定很受欢迎。1000年，安纳托利亚西部出现了两种猫，多半遗传自母系，数量是当地猫的两倍。”

“This suggests that the Egyptian cat had properties that made it attractive to humans, presumably acquired during the tightening of the human-cat relationship that developed during the Middle and New Kingdoms [of Egypt] and became even stronger afterwards.”

“这表明埃及猫具有吸引人类的特性。可能是在埃及中新国王时期，人猫关系增进时产生的，这种特性在那之后逐渐得到强化。”

The researchers said the most pronounced genetic changes that distinguish wild from domestic cats were “apparently linked to behaviour” – something that anyone who has met a Scottish wildcat would readily confirm.

研究员说，区分野猫和被驯化的猫最明显的基因变化是那些“与行为有直观联系”的基因，见过苏格兰野猫的人就能够认同这一说法。

“It is tempting to speculate that the success of the Egyptian cat is underlain by changes in its sociability and tameness,” they wrote in the paper.

文章中说：“很难不去推测埃及猫的普及是因为它在社交和驯化方面发生了变化。”

【喵星人为何遍布全世界？多亏了爱猫的埃及人】相关文章：

★ 他悄悄为邻桌付了400美元的账单！

★ 保持健康要日行一万步？4400步就够了

★ 你是否陷入令人不快的工作？

★ 累垮的中年人或记忆力衰退

★ 55岁是当领导的黄金年龄

★ 网友总结了好莱坞的所有套路

★ 伊万卡要做世界银行行长？这是认真的吗…

★ ofo否认破产传闻:运营一切正常

★ 德国称2022年前关闭所有核电站

★ 帮助你回忆梦境的七个方法