Domestic cats are one of the most popular pets globally, but the process of their
domestication is not well understood. Near Eastern wildcats are thought to have been …

Expansion of the neocortex is a hallmark of human evolution. However, determining which
adaptive mechanisms facilitated its expansion remains an open question. Here we show …

Exotic predators have driven the extinction of many island species. We examined impacts of
feral cats on the abundance and anti-predator behaviours of Aegean wall lizards in the …

Did you see the videos where the cat jumps in the box, attacks the printer or tries to leap
from the snowy car? As the availability and popularity of watching videos on the Internet has …

This study examined human listeners' ability to classify domestic cat vocalisations (meows)
recorded in two different contexts; during feeding time (food related meows) and while …

The dynamics of cat domestication is like no other species. Cat “domestication” is associated
with the development of societies, 10,000–12,000 years ago. One site of origin seems …

This paper presents preliminary results from a pilot study where 36 human listeners
classified 28 cat vocalisations into seven emotion categories. Classification accuracy and …

Domestic cats (Felis catus) are abundant generalist predators that exploit a wide range of
prey within and adjacent to the urban matrix. Cats are known to have contributed to the …

Sister chromatid exchange (SCE) is one of the cytogenetic methods which diagnoses
damage to chromosomes and allows evaluation of the mutagenic influence of a given factor …

This study examined human listeners' ability to classify cat vocalisations (meows) recorded
in two different contexts; during feeding time (food related meows) and while waiting at a vet …