The Age of Cats review: How our furry friends evolved, and what’s next

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Domestic cats are a paradox, argues biologist Jonathan B. Losos successful a publication that delves into their origins and the emerging subject of feline behaviour

By Michael Marshall

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The Age of Cats
Jonathan B. Losos (Harper Collins UK, retired 11 May)

ON THE look of it, arsenic Jonathan B. Losos admits aboriginal successful his caller book, it isn’t evident wherefore helium would constitute astir cats.

Losos, a biologist astatine Washington University successful St Louis, Missouri, has spent astir of his vocation studying the evolution of lizards. His probe has explored the mechanisms driving this and, by extension, however evolution works successful general.

This culminated successful his 2017 …

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