Hardly any genetic differences between domestic and wild cats
Fawncats like these are considered to be the ancestors of our domestic cats. Anyone who is now puzzled because the appearance of African wild cats hardly differs from most house cats is right. The evolutionary biologist Jonathan B. Losos writes in his new book: “Cats are actually hardly domesticated,” as new genome studies have shown. In dogs, on the other hand, there are major genetic differences to their wild ancestors, the wolves.