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Recent genetic work by Driscoll et al. reveals that the domestic cat was domesticated in the Near (Middle) East, likely in the "Fertile Crescent" likely coinciding with village development at the onset of agriculture.

"The Near Eastern Origin of Cat Domestication" Science 27 July 2007: Vol. 317. no. 5837, pp. 519 - 523

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