Domestic cats may have ancient roots
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Garfield, Morris and the Aristocats get the fame, but look to the origins of today's furry felines and you find "lybica," a Middle Eastern wildcat. Domestic cats can be traced to wild progenitors that interbred well over 100,000 years ago, new research indicates.
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The saying goes that pets look like their owners. These days, that old saw holds more truth than ever, as the obesity epidemic expands to dogs and cats.
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Cats can suffer from a feline form of Alzheimer's disease, according to new research by scientists.
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The last probable common ancestor to humans and great apes had a body like an ape, fingers like a chimp and the upright posture of humans, according to researchers who unearthed a fossil of the animal in Spain.
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Archaeologists have reported finding what could be the earliest evidence for domestication of manioc in the Americas.
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The basis for laughter may have originated long before humans existed, a study suggests.
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Long thought to be purebred, the wild bison of Santa Catalina Island in fact have a little bit of cow in them, the first DNA analysis of the animals found. Nearly half of the 98 American bison shipped off the island in 2004 have cattle genes that were passed on through the mother. Catalina bison were believed to be purer than those on the mainland because they lived in isolation on the island since the 1920s.
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The humble domestic cat has its origins in the Middle East, according to a genetic study in Science journal.
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Almost as much as the Spanish Steps or the Trevi Fountain, cats belong to the historic and cultural heritage of Rome, and Romans repay the compliment by taking good care of them.
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Your hunch is correct. Your cat decided to live with you, not the other way around. The sad truth is, it may not be a final decision.
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About 2 million years ago, in  lowland tropical forests of what is now China, lived an  ancestor of the giant panda that was very similar to the famed  vegetarian bear except about half the size, scientists said.
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The discovery suggests that the care that crocodiles, birds, and other modern descendents of archosaurs give to their young may be an ancestral characteristic.
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In a discovery sure to set off a firestorm of debate over human migration to the western hemisphere, archaeologists in South Carolina say they have uncovered evidence that people lived in eastern North America at least 50,000 years ago - far earlier than
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Scientists unraveling the genetic history of head lice have found startling evidence that early humans mingled with a clan of hairy, distant cousins as recently as 25,000 years ago in Asia -- a
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If walking upright first set early human ancestors apart from their ape cousins, it may have been their eventual ability to run long distances with a springing step over the African savanna
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Cats may serve as a sentinel for understanding the effects of human exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers.
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A Spanish team investigates a site where giant hyenas, giraffes, zebras and sabretoothed cats lived side by side 1.8 million years ago.