ancestors = descendants ?

[Barbara Need]

Just seen on CNN.com: headline, "Study: House cat ancestor of Middle
Eastern wildcat"--but the text says: "Garfield, Morris and the
Aristocats get the fame, but look to the origins of today's furry
felines and you find ... a Middle Easter wildcat." A caption under a
photo reads "The domestic house car can trace its ancestry to a
Middle Eastern wildcat." Perhaps the headline was meant to read
"House cat ancestor Middle Eastern wildcat".

Barbara

Barbara Need
UChicago

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