LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT HOW CATS CAME INTO THE WORLD.

Geigl and her colleagues, Primarily Wim Van Neer, wrote to museums and collections inquiring to sample cat stays present in archeological digs. The team eventually acquired bone, enamel, or hair from 352 historic cats—together with Egyptian cat mummies within the British Museum. A next wave of cat domestication took place in historical Egypt wh