What anmial did domestic cats evolve from and how did they get so small?

Answer 1

A species of small wildcat (Felis Silvestris) evolved a sub-species designated F. Silvestris Lybica in northern Africa and western Asia about 130,000 years ago. All known examples of the modern domesticated cat (F. Silvestris Catus) are descended from this sub-species.

The domestication of the cat probably occurred at about the same time as the birth of human civilization - examples of already domesticated cats go back 10,000 years. These cats did not get smaller when domesticated - the species is naturally that small in the wild. They just fill a niche appropriate to their size.

Answer 2

How Did House Cats Evolve

Answer 3

I think most of the cats came from Egypt. With careful selective breeding you can get a wide variety of cats. It is the same way with dogs. However, those varieties are limited. There is no solid answer for you first question, but breeding can make them small. I saw a horse that was so small only a baby could ride it.
If evolutionists want to provide solid evidence for macro-evolution I propose the following experiment. I am not trying to be sarcastic, but I would really like to see something like this done;


1. Breed cats until you get some non-cats. That is, animals that came from a cat ancestor but cannot breed successfully with other cats. It must be viable enough to survive in the wild and mate with its own kind. Let's call it a kat.
2. Breed the kats until you have repeated step 1.
3. Publish your results and become famous.

I have heard that Alaskan rabbits cannot breed with Florida rabbits, but both can breed with Minnesota rabbits. But they are still rabbits. Selective breeding is an intelligent and purposeful process. If my proposed experiment cannot succeed, then a blind and purposeless process has no chance.

Answer 4

Alot of people believe it's reasonable the common domesticated cats of today are probably descendants of either the Egyptian Cat or European Wild Cat.
Neither of which are large cat species - so there wasn't a lot of selective breeding that had to be (or was) done to make domestic cats small.
There are still wild cats that exist that aren't much larger than a domestic house cat and are still closely related to our house pets. :)

The African Desert Cat - for example:
http://www.desert-voice.net/Desert_Cat.jpg

Answer 5

they evolved from the saber tooth lions and they evolved into a smaller body so that they could go underground when the glaciers where here so they could say warm in their underground homes. and they would be safe from predators.

Answer 6

there is no such thing as evoltion