Domestic Cats May Have Ancient Roots

By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer, General Science / Biology

This undated photo provided by the journal iSciencei shows a domestic calico feline Callie Pinholster-Stahley who is 10 years old weighs 17 pounds and enjoys eating sleeping half-heartedly swatting at the occasional feather and eating. (AP PhotoScien ...

This undated photo provided by the journal Science shows a domestic calico feline, Callie Pinholster-Stahley, who is 10 years old, weighs 17 pounds, and enjoys eating, sleeping, half-heartedly swatting at the occasional feather, and eating. (AP Photo/Science)

(AP) -- 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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