One such cat is the African wildcat.       Another small wildcat, the black-footed cat (Felis nigripes), is considered the most deadly in the world due to the number of kills it makes nightly.

Long before pyramids or empires, this fierce little hunter crept into human camps - and changed history. We track the African ...

The species’ claim to fame is simple: The African wildcat is the ancestor of our beloved household pets. And despite changing very little, their descendants have become among the world’s two ...

But of these, the African wildcat is the one that to this day enters villages and can be found around humans. African wildcats are among the friendliest of feline species; raised gently, they can ...

A small wildcat called a serval has died after running loose for three hours in Vernon Hills Saturday night, according to Vernon Hills police. The serval was first seen around 7:16 p.m. on Saturday… ...

From there, cats took over the world. In Egypt, people tamed everything from cheetahs to servals — but the African wildcat was domesticated, and became the ancestor of every domestic cat on Earth.

But of these, the African wildcat is the one that to this day enters villages and can be found around humans. African wildcats are among the friendliest of feline species; raised gently, they can ...

I explored this question in my book " The Cat's Meow: How Cats Evolved from the Savanna to Your Sofa." An African wildcat doesn’t look so different from a domestic cat. (Image credit: Getty Images) ...

An African wildcat doesn’t look so different from a domestic cat. pum_eva/iStock via Getty Images Plus Based on its size and appearance, I initially presumed it was someone’s pet inexplicably ...

An African wildcat doesn’t look so different from a domestic cat. pum_eva/iStock via Getty Images Plus Based on its size and appearance, I initially presumed it was someone’s pet inexplicably ...