Earlier this month, an international effort* led by Stephen J. O'Brien at the Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida reported the complete genomic sequencing of ...
The origins of domestic cats — centuries before they conquered the world’s sofas and internet memes — have long been murky. Now, ancient DNA is helping to fill in the blanks, and the findings shake up ...
Dusty, the author's cat, lies on a catnip patch on a supervised visit outside. She has a smaller brain than her ancestors. Over 140 years ago, Charles Darwin observed that domestic animals have ...
WASHINGTON – Garfield, Morris and the Aristocats get the fame, but look to the origins of today's furry felines and you find "lybica," a Middle Eastern wildcat. Domestic cats can be traced to wild ...
Felines first cozied up to humans in the Middle East at least 9,500 years ago, not in Egypt as commonly thought, an international team of researchers reported Thursday. The finding, in the current ...
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Domestic cats came from North Africa to Europe only 2,000 years ago, DNA evidence suggests
Despite the ubiquity of cats in modern homes, we still don't know many details about the timing and routes of early cat domestication and dispersal into Europe and beyond, aside from the common ...
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