ERC Felix
@felix-erc.bsky.social
FELIX investigates the biological characteristics that could explain the evolutionary success of cats and the development of human-cat interactions.🐈⬛
What can cat mummy skulls reveal about life in ancient Egypt? 🐈⬛ Our new paper in JAS examines the largest known collection with documented archaeological provenance: skulls from Beni Hassan, now housed at Vienna’s Natural History Museum. 🧵1/4 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @erc.europa.eu
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The FELIX International Workshop has just ended! Two inspiring days of talks on cat domestication, paleogenomics, and human–animal interactions. Thanks to all speakers and to @claottoni.bsky.social and Felix team for bringing together this amazing community! 🐈⬛🐈 #FELIXProject #ERC #cats #dna
We have updated our website with a selection of interviews and media coverage of our article! www.ercfelix.com/public_outre... ...and in our News section you can find a free-access reprint link to the paper www.ercfelix.com/new-paper-ou... @erc.europa.eu
Public outreach - Ercfelix
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Well, finally the cat is out of the bag @science.org! (or at least part of a very complex story)🐈🧬. Great job from @mdemartino.bsky.social and my team @felix-erc.bsky.social. Huge thanks to all the colleagues and the institutes involved! @erc.europa.eu www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The dispersal of domestic cats from North Africa to Europe around 2000 years ago
The domestic cat (Felis catus) descends from the African wildcat Felis lybica lybica. Its global distribution alongside humans testifies to its successful adaptation to anthropogenic environments. Unc...
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After a four-year journey, my PhD work is out in @science.org Endless gratitude to the amazing @felix-erc.bsky.social team, all coauthors and collaborators, and my loved ones. Without you all this couldn't be real! 💛🐱✨ @erc.europa.eu @nationalgeographic.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The dispersal of domestic cats from North Africa to Europe around 2000 years ago
The domestic cat (Felis catus) descends from the African wildcat Felis lybica lybica. Its global distribution alongside humans testifies to its successful adaptation to anthropogenic environments. Unc...
science.org
🚨NEW pub in @science.org !!!🚨 🐈⬛🐈 The dispersal of domestic cats from North Africa to Europe around 2,000 years ago 🐈⬛🐈 Our article provides novel evidence suggesting new hypotheses about the history of domestic cats!🧬 🧵
