DNA preserved in bones undergoing fossilization deteriorates up to 50 times faster when stored in a museum than when the bones are buried in the ground. This has just been shown by a paleogenetics ...

Next time a hater tries to convince you that you love your cats more than they love you — point them to this new study, published in Nature, which hints that cats may have CHOSEN to co-habitate with ...

The world’s largest genetic study on ancient cats has revealed that the Vikings brought the felines along on their travels. A research team led by Eva-Maria Geigl, an evolutionary geneticist at the ...

In ancient times, wildcats were fierce carnivorous hunters. And unlike dogs, who have undergone centuries of selective breeding, modern cats are genetically very similar to ancient cats. How did these ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. Feline remains at ancient burial sites suggest that domestic cats existed in early societies in the Near East and Egypt. But scientists know ...

A team led by Eva-Maria Geigl of CNRS (France) has just shown that DNA preserved in bones undergoing fossilization deteriorates up to 50 times faster when stored in a museum than when the bones are ...