“Archeological finds and recent work on ancient genetics has led many researchers to hypothesize that stone age farmers ...

Perhaps also surprising, the remains of cats and artistic depictions of them have been observed in various archaeological ...

Two studies of ancient felines find that cats were likely domesticated in Egypt or other regions in North Africa — and moved into Europe with humans much later than previously believed. When you ...

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, ...

Domestic cats are among the most popular pets worldwide, yet a growing body of scientific evidence shows that cats allowed to ...