The Mother of All Cats (The Near Eastern Wildcat) by scifibabe
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I came across a cool article about cats and it inspired me to do this cat painting.
According to the article, the mother of all cats lived in Mesopotamia - 130,000 years ago. From Persians to Siamese, Bengals to the Burmese, the cats of the world come in all shapes and sizes. But the ancestry of every one can be traced to the same incredibly specific source. All domestic felines are descended from a group of around five in the Middle East around 130,000 years ago, a study suggests. The findings overturn the traditional view that the first domestic cats were tamed by the Ancient Egyptians just 4,000 years ago. Instead, they were bred thousands of years earlier by farmers in Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilisation. Researchers have traced the domestic feline family tree back to a small family of wild cats living on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates in modern-day Iraq. The study used DNA samples from 979 wild and domestic cats to piece together the feline family tree. They looked for markers in mitochondrial DNA - a type of genetic material passed down from mothers to kittens which can reveal when wild and domestic cat lineages were most closely related. Aside from accidental cross-breeding, domestic cats are not closely related to the wildcats of Europe, Central Asia and Southern Africa, the team found. But their DNA is closely related to the Near Eastern wildcat. And this is the cat you see in my painting. :)
Hope you enjoyed this bit of DNA history. Thanks for the wonderful comments and favs on my last picture. I appreciate it!
Comments (36)
lyron
Wonderful painting. Great work!!
sylki
Absolutely stunning work!!! It goes into my favourites immediately!:-)
OrphanedSoul
You are really getting the hang of ths hair painting great work!
Shiroyama
very beautiful painting, lots of personality and expression! and thanks for the cool info, too.
schonee
Excellent!
Syltermermaid
This is again wonderful!!! Your painting skills are amazing Lori!!! Wonderful work!! Husg Ute
e-brink
Excellent work. Nice to see more of this side of your immense talents. Great info too.
nosetackle
Love your cat Lori and I enjoyed the history lesson too!!! Dennis
DarkStormCrow
Excellent!
eekdog
cutie cat, nice job. lol
magnus073
Lori I swear I could look at your paintings all night, you have a real gift here. The story of the history was very informative and you did a great job researching it.
LENK911
AMAZING STORY THANK YOU. I JUST LOVE HISTORY AND ESPECIALLY ABOUT CATS. I HAVE A HALF BOBCAT AND SHE IS VERY UNIQUE. NO TAIL AND UNFORTUNATELY SHE WAS THE RUNT OF THE LITTER AND DEFORMED. HER FRONT LEGS ARE SMALLER AND ONE IS BENT SIDEWAYS. SO SHE HOPS LIKE A RABBIT. BUT SHE LOOKS SO MUCH LIKE YOUR PAINTING. YOU CAN FIND HER IN MY GALLERY.
LudyMelltSekher
Hello my dear friend, This is truly beautiful, Absolutely fantastic!!!!.Wonderful work and excellent composition as usual, Congratulations! A million stars from me!!!*****Thank you so much for your comments.Happy weekend. Hug and giant kiss in Your heart.Luminous blesing. Ludy
MrTanaka
Hahahaha
ledwolorz
Wonderful work.
3Dpixi
Very impressive art and interesting history Lori ... Beautiful work on the pose and texture!!
furuta
Beautiful and cute cat. and eyes. wonderful work!!
Zazou
Such a cute cat !! Wonderful painting !
Darkwish
You did EXT pic! Great work! 5
capelito
Wonderful and excellent work.
cmcc
great pic of a beautiful little tabby.
Richardphotos
beautiful work
flora-crassella
a nice cat! Wonderful work!!!
Flint_Hawk
Beautifully done!
Igolochka
Thank you for this interesting stiry, I love cats:) And this amazing art, I love it!!!! What a beautiful kitty, my friend!
anitalee
Wonderful!
bakapo
stunning work... his eyes are beautiful!
RyverMyst
Fantastic paint work, so realistic.
morganahope
SHE NEED KNOW MY CAT PYERRE !! HEHEHEHE WONDERFUL PAINTING !!
kaleya
What a fascinating bit of information about cats. Thank you for sharing it. The image is beautiful. She looks like the sweet little stray that has taken up residence in my yard. Nice job.