Tag: CAT
Ancient Ancestors of Domestic Cat was Opportunistic
An international study by researchers from the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen has determined that the first known cats in Europe were opportunistic and did not rely directly on humans for survival.
5,000 years of history of domestic cats in Central Europe
A loner and a hunter with highly developed territorial instincts, a cruel carnivore, a disobedient individual: the cat.
Study Suggests Cats Accompanied Kazakh Pastoralists as Pets 1,000 Years Ago
A new study by an international team has suggested that the common domestic cat accompanied Kazakh pastoralists as pets more than 1,000 years ago.
Unraveling the puzzle of Madagascar’s forest cats
In her 30 years working as a researcher in Madagascar, CU Boulder Anthropology Professor Michelle Sauther has had a number of chance encounters with a strange forest creature: a wild, oversized cat with a characteristic tabby-like coloring.
How significant is the Dover Bronze Age Boat?
On a rainy 28th September 1992, during a watching brief on the development of a new section of the A20 in Dover, Keith Parfitt, of Canterbury Archaeological Trust (CAT), spotted a thin band of wood and a twisted fibre rope at the bottom of a 6m hole being dug for the construction of a pedestrian underpass.