How Wild Cats Domesticated Themselves Without the Help of Humans

Lori Dorn
May 13, 2015

On a recent episode of Through the Wormhole, host Morgan Freeman explains how cats have evolved over the years and how, unlike other animals, they largely domesticated themselves into the wonderful creatures they currently are.

Nature uses essentially the same genetic recipe to turn wild animals into domestic creatures, but did ancient man attempt to domesticate a wild cat or did these animals do it themselves?

Lori Dorn

Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.