Origin story of domestic cats rewritten by genetic analysis
2025-11-27
Domestic cats are descended from North African wildcats Mariia Boiko/Alamy Genetic evidence has revealed that domestic cats originated in North Africa and spread to Europe and East Asia in the past 2000 years, more recently than previously thought. Domestic cats (Felis catus) are descended from the African wildcat (Felis lybicaContinue Reading

