Tag: cats
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.
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.