Origins Of The House Cat: What Ancient DNA Reveals About the House Cat's Wild Beginnings

By Burrows Maxwell

For thousands of years, the domestic cat has lived in our homes, hunted in our barns, slept at our feet, and ruled our imaginations. Yet no animal has remained more mysterious-or more misunderstood. We thought we knew their story: that humans domesticated them, bred them, shaped them into companions, and molded their destiny. But a wave of groundbreaking ancient DNA research has shattered that long-held belief and rewritten the cat's evolutionary history from the ground up.Where Did House Cats Come From? is a sweeping scientific investigation and a gripping narrative journey into the origins of humanity's most enigmatic companion. Drawing on newly decoded ancient genomes, archaeological discoveries from Egypt to Anatolia, and cutting-edge research from world-class geneticists, this book uncovers a truth stranger and more remarkable than myth: cats were never tamed by humans-they tamed themselves.
Follow the wildcats that shadowed the world's earliest farmers, the feline voyagers that traveled with sailors along ancient trade routes, the sacred temple cats of Egypt, the ferocious mousers of medieval markets, and the globally intertwined lineages that gave rise to today's domestic breeds. Along the way, discover how these revelations are transforming modern veterinary medicine, conservation efforts, breeding ethics, and our understanding of feline behavior.
Part scientific detective story, part evolutionary chronicle, and part cultural odyssey, this book reveals the true depth of the human-cat relationship-one forged not by control but by coexistence. For cat lovers, history enthusiasts, and anyone fascinated by the natural world, this is the definitive account of a species that quietly walked out of the wild and into human history... on its own terms.
Richly detailed, boldly researched, and utterly eye-opening, Where Did House Cats Come From? shows that the story of the cat is far older, more complex, and more astonishing than we ever imagined.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G58VSLGC
• ISBN13: 9798277546413
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"