{"id":"2017763058425467151","url":"https://x.com/brontyman/status/2017763058425467151","text":"The incredible, unlikely story of how cats became our pets - Scientific American https://apple.news/AMV4PmFtIRbCn3qTeAfJm6A","author":{"name":"Michael F Ozaki MD","username":"brontyman","avatarUrl":"https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1665024685086765057/szlkobZo_200x200.jpg"},"createdAt":"Sun Feb 01 00:52:56 +0000 2026","engagement":{"replies":0,"retweets":2,"likes":2,"views":20},"externalLink":{"url":"https://apple.news/AMV4PmFtIRbCn3qTeAfJm6A","displayUrl":"apple.news","title":"The incredible, unlikely story of how cats became our pets — Scientific American","description":"Two new studies dig into the long, curving path that cats took toward domestication Two studies complicate the path that cats’ ancestors took to domestication. Cats have taken quite a journey from wild animal to undisputed ruler of millions of couches worldwide. Scientists long knew the broad outlines of that journey. As humans settled into agriculture and began stockpiling grain, local wild cats sought out these stores as promising places to hunt for rodents. Eventually some humans began","thumbnailUrl":"https://c.apple.news/AgEXQU1WNFBtRnRJUmJDbjNxVGVBZkptNkEAMA"},"adhxContext":{"savedByCount":1,"publicTags":[],"previewUrl":"https://adhx.com/brontyman/status/2017763058425467151"}}