Assertion: polecat | /r/CapableOf | diverge in late middle pleistocene
Facets:
value: from the european branch
type: LOCATION
value: to immigrate to north africa
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Our IRBP date of 340 ka for the separation between the lineages of Mustela putorius furo and Mustela putorius putorius is in harmony with this fossil evidence from North Africa and supports the view that Domestic Ferret was domesticated from the African branch of Mustela putorius, which diverged from the European branch in the late Middle Pleistocene to immigrate to North Africa.