The world's domestic cats carry patterns of sequence variation in their genome that reflect a history of domestication and breed development. A genetic assessment of 979 domestic cats and their wild ...

Long before they conquered ancient Egypt, cats seduced Stone Age farmers who launched the worldwide feline takeover of human homes and hearts, a DNA study showed Monday. The first wildcat to ...

Modern house cats, Felis catus, came from the wildcat known as Felis silvestris lybica that were native to Southwest Asia and the Middle East. It is widely believed that humans started taking cats ...

File photo: Scientists have discovered that many of today's Felis silvestris lybica are descended from cats who lived thousands of years ago in Ancient Egypt. Picture: Reuters Published Jun 21, 2017 ...

The first wildcat to travel abroad, and the forefather of domestic cats today, was Felis silvestris lybica -- a small, striped Middle-Eastern sub-species that went on to colonise the entire world ...