The team analyzed DNA from 225 ancient cat specimens collected across Europe, North Africa, and Anatolia. These were were bones and teeth spanning more than 10,000 years of human history. From these ...

Despite the ubiquity of cats in modern homes, we still don't know many details about the timing and routes of early cat ...

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 ...

New DNA studies show domestic cats originated in North Africa and spread later than believed, while ancient China lived ...

Your cat is not just acting royal, it actually is. New DNA proof shows today's cats are direct descendants of Pharaonic Egypt ...

The domestic cat may be a far more recent arrival to Europe than previously thought, arriving roughly 2000 years ago and not because of the ...

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

The domestication of cats has intrigued scientists and pet lovers alike for decades. Recent findings have challenged the ...

Until now, the earliest Egyptians to have even part of their DNA sequenced were three people who lived between 787 and 544 b.c. A team including geneticist Adeline Morez Jacobs of Liverpool John ...

In this new study, a team analyzed the genomes of 70 ancient cats, dating back over the last 11,000 years (from about 9000 ...