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Ancient tabby cat

First pet cats were tamed wildcats not true domestic cats

PoC avatarPosted on July 4, 2022 by Michael BroadJuly 4, 2022

It’s a point worth making. You hear a lot about the first domestic cats coming into being about 10,000 years ago. These are the first N. African wildcats who befriended humans and vice versa; both benefiting in an act of …

Posted in cat domestication | Tagged african asian wildcat, cat domestication, cat history, Cats In Ancient Egypt, human to cat relationship, tame, wildcat
1901 refrigerator cats

Pittsburgh ‘Refrigerator Cat’

PoC avatarPosted on June 28, 2022 by Michael BroadJuly 2, 2022

No, I’m not referring to domestic cats would like to open refrigerator doors and creep inside to either ‘steal’ the food for have a snooze, I’m referring to a special race of domestic cat living in sub-zero temperatures in industrial-sized …

Posted in myths | Tagged albino cat, America, cat and rat, cat history, legend, myths, rat catcher | 1 Reply
Comparing African wildcat and domestic tabby cat appearance

What was the first domesticated cat?

PoC avatarPosted on May 31, 2022 by Michael BroadJuly 4, 2022

The question is asking for information about the world’s very first domestic cat. We don’t have that information. We have a rough idea when the North African wildcat was first domesticated but that is about it. The domestic cat’s skeleton …

Posted in first domestic cat | Tagged african asian wildcat, cat history, first domestic cat, human to cat relationship | Leave a reply
Gondwanaland

Why are there no native cats in Australia?

PoC avatarPosted on March 22, 2022 by Michael BroadMarch 22, 2022

Eighty-five million years ago, Australia, New Guinea, and New Zealand separated from the major land mass called Gondwanaland. About 200 million years ago Australia was attached to Antarctica. 85 million years ago was well before the beginnings of the evolution …

Posted in evolution | Tagged australia, cat evolution, evolution
Cats evolved from a fierce sabre-toothed predator that prowled North America 42 million years ago, according to new research

Cats evolved from a North American saber-toothed predator 42 million years ago (2022 research)

PoC avatarPosted on March 16, 2022 by Michael BroadMarch 16, 2022

Researchers have decided that cats evolved from a fierce saber-toothed predator that occupied North America 42 million years ago. They also decided that this “new species” was among one of the first mammals to be an obligate carnivore. At this …

Posted in evolution | Tagged cat evolution, evolution, Saber Tooth Tiger | Leave a reply
Fertile Crescent

10 countries (only) where the domestic cat is a native species

PoC avatarPosted on February 26, 2022 by Michael BroadFebruary 26, 2022

On my reckoning, there are only 10 countries where the domestic cat is a native species or a non-invasive species. In all the other countries of the world the domestic cat could be described as an invasive species. So, what …

Posted in native species | Tagged fertile crescent, invasive species, native species, non-native species

Cats in Ancient Egypt – not what you think it was like

PoC avatarPosted on January 1, 2022 by Michael BroadJanuary 1, 2022

Introduction – the relationship between Ancient Egyptians and domestic and wildcats was not as rosy as you think Cats in ancient Egypt were used for the benefit of people despite being worshipped, and despite the idea that they were treated …

Posted in Cat History | Tagged cat history, Cats In Ancient Egypt | 2 Replies
Tybert the Cat castrates a village priest in a 15th-century woodcut illustrating The History of Reynard the Fox

Tybert the Cat castrates the village priest in a 15th-century woodcut

PoC avatarPosted on November 29, 2021 by Michael BroadNovember 29, 2021

The illustration comes from The History of Reynard the Fox. In this 15th century woodcut, we see Tybert the Cat castrating a village priest. Incidentally, “Tybert” is spelled in two other ways, namely ‘Tibert’ and ‘Tybalt’. Unusually, there is absolutely …

Posted in fables | Tagged castr, cat character, fable, history, human to cat relationship, pictures of cats | Leave a reply
Arjuna’s Penance: 7th-8th century Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, India

Sly and underhand cat immortalized in a bas relief at Mahabalipuram, India

PoC avatarPosted on November 28, 2021 by Michael BroadNovember 28, 2021

In a famous Indian fable in the Panchatantra, an ancient collection of animal fables in Sanskrit verse and prose from 200 BCE-300CE, the domestic cat is portrayed as sly, underhand and hypocritical. The fable which I describe below is immortalised …

Posted in India | Tagged cat character, cat story, fable, history, human to cat relationship | Leave a reply
NYC feral cats are from Dutch stock

The Dutch Cats of New York City

PoC avatarPosted on November 27, 2021 by Michael BroadNovember 27, 2021

When people move home, they take their cat companion. This has been going on for thousands of years. It is how the domestic cat has spread throughout the world. For example, the Romans did quite a bit of empire building …

Posted in America | Tagged cat talk, cats, domestic cat | Leave a reply
Persian cat with lion cut on hind legs

How have domestic cats evolved since the first wildcat was domesticated?

PoC avatarPosted on November 18, 2021 by Michael BroadNovember 18, 2021

This post is specifically about the evolution of the domestic cat since domestication. I do not address the evolution of the wildcat pre-domestication. It’s fairly well-known and currently accepted that the first domestic cats on the planet existed around 10,000 …

Posted in evolution | Tagged cat evolution, evolution | Leave a reply

Place where farmers first domesticated the cat is now desert and there are no farmers

PoC avatarPosted on November 10, 2021 by Michael BroadNovember 10, 2021

It is sad and telling of modern life that the famous place where the first wildcats were domesticated by farmers, the Fertile Crescent, which encompasses Syria and the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, is now a place where there are no …

Posted in cat domestication | Tagged cat domestication, cat history, climate change, feral cats, fertile crescent, global warming, history, unowned cats | Leave a reply
Domestic cat unearthed at a Roman amphitheatre at Richborough, Kent

Domestic cat exhumed from 100 AD in Roman Britain

PoC avatarPosted on October 28, 2021 by Michael BroadOctober 28, 2021

NEWS AND COMMENT: I have been slightly adventurous in the title to this article. But I think I am within acceptable tolerances! Archaeologists have been excavating at an English Heritage site in Richborough, Kent, UK. It’s the site of an …

Posted in Romans | Tagged cat history, Cat News, domestic cat history, Romans, uk | Leave a reply
Fertile Crescent showing Cyprus

Time of domestication of cats compared to other animals

PoC avatarPosted on August 19, 2021 by Michael BroadAugust 19, 2021

Fiona Sunquist in her book Wild Cats of the World tells me that the first animal to be domesticated was the grey wolf now the domestic dog and that Felis sylvestris a.k.a. the wildcat was “almost the last species to …

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Common ancestor of modern cats and dogs: Dormaalocyon latouri

Is there a common ancestor to the cat and dog?

PoC avatarPosted on August 19, 2021 by Michael BroadNovember 19, 2021

Yes, there is a common ancestor to the cat and dog. If you believe in evolution as set out by Charles Darwin in his work “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection…” you will believe that there …

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