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The domestic cat originated from Near-Eastern and Egyptian populations of the African wildcat, Felis sylvestris lybica. The family Felidae, to which all living feline species belong, arose about ten to eleven million years ago and is divided into eight major phylogenetic lineages.
Learn how cats domesticated themselves in the Near East and became the popular pets they are today. Explore the ambivalent relationship between cats and humans across cultures and centuries.
May 17, 2024 · Until recent evidence was discovered, most experts believed that Egyptians first domesticated cats around 3,600 years ago. In 1983, archeologists unearthed a jawbone on the island of Cyprus...
Jun 1, 2009 · Scholars long believed that the ancient Egyptians were the first to keep cats as pets, starting around 3,600 years ago. But genetic and archaeological discoveries made over the past five years...
Nov 19, 2019 · By studying ancient cat DNA from all over the world, the researchers found that cat domestication began in the Fertile Crescent (in the Neolithic period) and accelerated later in ancient Egypt (in the Classical period) (Ottoni et al., 2017). Other scientists have also discovered another potential instance of cat domestication.
Jun 19, 2017 · June 19, 2017. • 5 min read. In true feline form, cats took their time deciding whether to jump into humans’ laps. In a new comprehensive study of the spread of domesticated cats, DNA...
May 30, 2019 · Learn how cats evolved from wildcats and became domesticated by humans in different regions of the world. Explore the archaeological and historical evidence of cat burials, figurines, and goddesses in Egypt and China.
