A dietary perspective of cat-human interactions in two medieval harbors in Iran and Oman revealed through stable isotope analysis

Abstract Cats are hypercarnivorous, opportunistic animals that have adjusted to anthropogenic environments since the Neolithic period. Through humans, either by direct feeding and/or scavenging on food scraps, the diet of cats has been enriched with animals that they cannot kill themselves (e.g., la...

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Main Authors: Anastasia Brozou, Benjamin T. Fuller, Bea De Cupere, Anaïs Marrast, Hervé Monchot, Joris Peters, Katrien Van de Vijver, Olivier Lambert, Marcello A. Mannino, Claudio Ottoni, Wim Van Neer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39417-7