The modern house cats seem to be descendants of the wild cat of North Africa and not the initial farmers that kept the grain in villages during the Neolithic period. The change in origin narrative is ...

A new study overturns previous findings that domestic cats originated thousands of years earlier. An African wildcat (Felis lybica) rests on a rock in Kruger National Park, South Africa. So far, ...

We know perfectly well how humans were able to domesticate dogs. From wolves more terrifying than those in fairy tales to Pomeranians. With cats, we also thought we knew the exact point in history ...

When archaeologists unearthed small cat bones in China dating back some 5,400 years, they figured cats had been hanging out in early Chinese farming settlements since the Neolithic Period. Now, a ...

Cats seem to be succeeding at world domination; they live on every continent except Antarctica. While researchers know that modern-day house cats descended from the African wildcat (Felis lybica ...

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 ...

The domestic cat may be a far more recent arrival to Europe than previously thought, arriving roughly 2000 years ago and not because of the Paleolithic expansion of Near East farmers. The findings ...

When the first drops of whiskey were distilled in medieval Ireland, a silent helper stood nearby. Furred, four-legged, and always ready to deal with unwelcome mice, the cat thus began its long ...

Two cats have melted hearts across the internet after a video showing their enthusiastic greeting for their owner went viral on TikTok. Shared by owner Djoy Boer (@djoyboer) the clip—which has already ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. There’s something special about a domestic cat that can’t be mistaken for a kitten. A true gentle giant. We’re not ...

3,500 years ago, cats started showing up in Egyptian paintings on tomb walls and in sculptures and carvings. Not only were they abundant in these representations, but it was very clear that they were ...

Domestic cats are hugely popular as pets, yet little is known about their ancestor, the Afro-Asiatic wildcat. This species, Felis lybica, is the most widely distributed wildcat in the world, but ...