The scientists found that the wildcats lived alongside humans for some 3,500 years—but despite all that time, they were a ...

When looking at the cat remains that were thought to have arrived to the West about 6,000 years ago, the researchers realized ...

Now, a new DNA analysis of a sprawling set of ancient feline remains reveal that the precursors to modern housecats ...

Domestic cats the world over can trace their ancestry back to North African wildcats that lived around 2,000 years ago. It ...

Domestic cats originated in North Africa and spread to Europe in the past 2000 years, according to DNA evidence, while in ...

Leopard cats were living alongside people in ancient China for more than 3,500 years before domestic cats arrived from Europe ...