From Savannah to the sofa. The evolutionary history of cats. Salmon J.B.

Do lions and tigers meow and if not, why? Where and how did the cats perform an evolutionary jerk, leaving the African savannah? Why does the cat leave a dead mouse at your feet, or even on a pillow? Is it really bad to keep ocelot at home? And what did cats mean in Egyptian hieroglyphics?

The evolutionary biologist Jonathan Slashos deciphens complex scientific and historical riddles, finds out how modern researchers reveal the secrets of the cat's past and present with the help of advanced scientific technologies-from GPS tracing to genomes and forensic archeology, and shows how to The last few millennia, a natural and artificial selection has formed a modern cat, which in a relatively short time has turned into the most successful and diverse biological species on the planet.

People change cats, and those, in turn, change the world around them, and this exciting and full -prying facts, the book, among other things, tells what Felis Catus and Homo sapiens are waiting in the future. P>