

In 1983, researchers found a cat jaw bone on the island of Cyprus that was dated to be 8,000 years old.Īccording to the Smithsonian Magazine, cats are not native to Cyprus, so it is assumed that the cat this jawbone belonged to was transported there. Researchers have pushed the date of the first domesticated cat further and further into the past as new evidence and data surfaces.įor a time, we believed cats had been domesticated before 6,000 BCE. However, more recent studies have shown that it is more appropriate to refer to them as a subspecies of wildcat, or Felis silvestris catus.Īccording to the Biological Journal of Linnean Society, there are four subspecies of wildcat: The “domestic” cat was originally classified as Felis catus in 1758 by Carolus Linnaeus. Subfamily Felinae contains many different species of felid, or cat. However, other subfamilies that include larger cats will be important to know in understanding the evolutionary links between species. We will primarily be discussing the subfamily, Felinae, to explore the origins of domestic cats. Domestic cats, Servals, Bobcats, Ocelot.Contains genera of smaller cats that purr, but cannot roar.



Contains genera of larger and medium sized cats.Contains genera of larger cats that are known to roar.The environmental moderators are interpolated as to incorporate not only “school-settings” but also “work-settings”.Of this family, we have three living subfamilies: On the side of the talent-factors, the concept of multiple intelligences is introduced, and the moderating factors proposed in the MMG are discussed and categorized. The environmental moderators are interpolated as to incorporate not only “school-settings” but also “work-settings”.ĪB - The Munich Model of Giftedness (MMG) by Heller and his colleagues, developed for the identification of gifted children, is adapted and expanded, with the aim of making it more universally usable as a model for the pathway from talents to performance. N2 - The Munich Model of Giftedness (MMG) by Heller and his colleagues, developed for the identification of gifted children, is adapted and expanded, with the aim of making it more universally usable as a model for the pathway from talents to performance. T1 - A universal model of giftedness - adaptation of the Munich Model
