An unrelated species of small cat lived in human settlements thousands of years before domestic cats, say scientists.

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

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

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

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

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

Although leopard cats and domesticated cats once coexisted in ancient Chinese settlements, their relationships with people ...

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 ...

Whether they are a Siamese, Persian, Maine Coon, or Domestic Shorthair, there are hundreds of millions of cats living with ...

Domestic cats may have arrived in Europe 2,000 years ago via Roman trade routes, not with farmers in prehistoric times, a new ...

New genomic evidence traces domestic cats back to North Africa — and shows they only arrived in Europe around 2,000 years ago ...