A Europe-focused study published in the journal Science examined 87 ancient and modern cat genomes and found that the domestic cat, which has the scientific name Felis catus, originated in North ...
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Domestic cats originated in North Africa and spread to Europe in the past 2000 years, according to DNA evidence, while in ...
The scientists found that the wildcats lived alongside humans for some 3,500 years—but despite all that time, they were a ...
However, because the skeletons of domestic cats are identical to those of wildcats, it’s impossible to tell if these ...
Now, a new DNA analysis of a sprawling set of ancient feline remains reveal that the precursors to modern housecats ...