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The dispersal of domestic cats from North Africa to Europe around 2000 years ago.
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M De MartinoCentre of Molecular Anthropology for Ancient DNA Studies, Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0009-0003-4232-9357
B De CupereRoyal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-7559-8965
V RovelliCentre of Molecular Anthropology for Ancient DNA Studies, Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8138-3175
P ServentiCentre of Molecular Anthropology for Ancient DNA Studies, Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
B MouraudCentre of Molecular Anthropology for Ancient DNA Studies, Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4403-5822
M BaldoniCentre of Molecular Anthropology for Ancient DNA Studies, Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
T Di CorciaCentre of Molecular Anthropology for Ancient DNA Studies, Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
S GeigerInstitute of Palaeoanatomy, Domestication Research and the History of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Munich, Germany.
F AlhaiqueBioarchaeology Service, Museo delle Civiltà, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4085-1523
P C AlvesCIBIO, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, InBIO/BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, Universidade do Porto, Campus de Vairão, Vairão, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-4797-0939
H BuitenhuisGroningen Institute of Archaeology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.ORCID 0009-0007-3350-2532
E CeccaroniSoprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per le province di L'Aquila e Teramo, L'Aquila, Italy.
E Cerilli
J De Grossi MazzorinDepartment of Cultural Heritage, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy.
C DetryUNIARQ - Center of Archaeology of the University of Lisbon, Department of History, School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon, Alameda da Universidade, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-5359-2500
M DowdFaculty of Science, Atlantic Technological University, Sligo, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-5030-9941
I FioreBioarchaeology Service, Museo delle Civiltà, Rome, Italy.
L GourichonUniversité Côte d'Azur, CNRS, CEPAM (UMR 7264), Nice, France.ORCID 0000-0002-5160-5902
I Grau-SologestoaIPNA/IPAS, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-1341-7326
H C KüchelmannLandesarchäologie Bremen, Bremen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0207-3804
G K KunstVienna Institute for Archaeological Science (VIAS), Research Network Human Evolution and Archaeological Sciences (HEAS), University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
M McCarthyORCID 0009-0004-7637-0339
R MiccichèDepartment of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2485-2019
C MinnitiDepartment of Science of Antiquities, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0913-7954
M MorenoSpanish National Research Council, Institute of History, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6735-9355
N MrđićInstitute of Archaeology Belgrade, Kneza Mihaila 35/IV, Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0002-6992-5699
V OnarDepartment of Anatomy, Milas Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Milas, Muğla, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-8359-243X
T OueslatiCNRS, HALMA UMR 8164, University of Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.ORCID 0000-0002-2886-085X
M Parrag
B Pino UriaBioarchaeology Service, Museo delle Civiltà, Rome, Italy.
G RomagnoliDepartment of Modern Languages and Literatures, History, Philosophy and Law Studies, Tuscia University, Viterbo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2537-9972
M RuggeDepartment of Cultural Heritage, Underwater Archaeology, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy.
L SalariDepartment of History, Culture and Society, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
K SaliariNatural History Museum of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-1344-0756
A B SantosUNIARQ - Center of Archaeology of the University of Lisbon, Department of History, School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon, Alameda da Universidade, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-8932-5594
U SchmölckeLeibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA), Schloss Gottorf, location Schleswig, Schleswig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8974-449X
A SforziNatural History Museum of Maremma, Grosseto, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7640-084X
G SorannaORCID 0009-0005-4152-979X
N SpassovNational Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.
A TagliacozzoBioarchaeology Service, Museo delle Civiltà, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6562-6467
V TinèSoprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio per l'area metropolitana di Venezia e le Province di Belluno, Padova e Treviso, Padua, Italy.
S TrixlInstitute of Palaeoanatomy, Domestication Research and the History of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4303-3008
S VukovićLaboratory for Bioarchaeology, Archaeology Department, University of Belgrade-Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0003-2731-2146
U WiererSoprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per la città metropolitana di Firenze e la provincia di Prato, Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9492-4113
B WilkensORCID 0000-0002-2217-5288
S DohertyDepartment of Archaeology and History, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5503-2734
N SykesDepartment of Archaeology and History, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6114-7557
L FrantzInstitute of Palaeoanatomy, Domestication Research and the History of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Munich, Germany.
F MattucciUnit for Conservation Genetics (BIO-CGE), Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3829-0897
R CanigliaUnit for Conservation Genetics (BIO-CGE), Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3641-9490
G LarsonThe Palaeogenomics and Bio-Archaeology Research Network, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and History of Art, The University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4092-0392
J PetersInstitute of Palaeoanatomy, Domestication Research and the History of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0894-2628
W Van NeerRoyal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-1710-3623
C OttoniCentre of Molecular Anthropology for Ancient DNA Studies, Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8870-1589
Funding
European Research Council 101002811Wellcome Trust
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The domestic cat (
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