What affects us affects cats
THE FIRST HOUSE CATS – Photo montage: copyright Ruth The first time people had cats was about 9,000 years ago. People know this because when a cat died 9,000 years ago it was buried with its owner. This happened in Cyprus, which is in the Mediterranean Sea. The people of Egypt about 4,000 years …
by Michael Simon the cat was a ships cat on HMS Amethyst during the Yangtze incident 1949. I discuss this gorgeous little black and white cat more below but would like to clear up a Google confusion. Today, there is an extremely well known cat that features in cartoons created by an Englishman. This …
Saber Tooth Tiger – photograph and artwork are © copyright Ian Coleman published here with his permission. You can see the superb wildlife art of Ian Coleman by clicking on this link: The Wildlife Art of Ian Coleman Introduction The Saber Tooth Tiger (Saber is spelled Sabre in the UK) became extinct some 10,000 …
by Michael (London, UK) Mayan Pyramid and Margay – Photos: Pyramid:- by striatic (Flickr), Margay:- by Martin Pettitt (Flickr) This is about the possible domestication of the margay wild cat by the ancient Mayan peoples during the classic period, circa 250 AD to 900 AD. We know about the domestication of the wildcat in …
Credits This is an article about domestic cat history written in simple language that is designed to be used, primarily, by students. It is meant to be an overview. For that reason, any part of this page may be reproduced “as is” (faithfully) under a creative commons license provided a link back is provided, …
Introduction History Description DistributionBehavior Social Organisation Reproduction and Development Socialisation Introduction On this page I look at domestic cats from a different perspective, not as a breed of purebred cat or as a random bred cat but as a domesticated wild cat. It is a look at this species of animal from a more scientific …
The Bible is devoid of reference to the domestic cat – photo Arpingstone (Wikimedia Commons) Only large wild cats are referred to in the bible and even those seem to be barely mentioned. There is apparently no mention of domestic cats. On first glance this might seem strange, and a lot of people speculate …
Cat History – The height of modern, sophisticated cat breeding below – Miss Kate (photo copyright Helmi Flick) a Maine Coon cat champion next to the skull of a Saber Tooth tiger, extinct 10,000 years ago. Please note that this long page has been split up into several sections and at the base of …
