• Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Wait, I thought cats were mostly spread around the world (from Africa) with the pre-Egyptians, then the actual Egyptians and finally the Greeks? House cats at least. Bigger species probably spread much earlier.

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      2 months ago

      The Jōmon period lasted longer than stated here. According to Wikipedia, it lasted from 14000 BCE (so 16000 years ago) to around 300 BCE (i.e. ~2300 years ago).

    • Not_mikey@slrpnk.net
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      2 months ago

      Yeah it probably wasnt modeled after a domesticated cat. Looks like there could’ve been leopard cats in Japan around then, or could be a weasel or fox or something , a lot of carnivores have pointy ears like that.