9,500 year old feline skeleton in Cyprus April 08, 2004 Natl Geographic
The carefully interred remains of a human and a cat were found buried with seashells, polished stones, and other decorative artifacts in a 9,500-year-old grave site on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. This new find, from the Neolithic village of Shillourokambos, predates early Egyptian art depicting cats by 4,000 years or more.

House Cat Origin Traced to Middle Eastern Wildcat Ancestor june 2007

Cats: Plans For Perfection creating the purrfect predator NGS
Join the Project Cat design team as they hone the blueprints for the ‘perfect predator’
a mammal that can thrive in almost any habitat on earth.

Egyptian Pet Mummies

Mummified Pet Lion Jan 2004

Feline Evolution NGS Jan 2004
Researchers say they have solved an 11-million-year-old puzzle: how a single feline-like ancestor in Asia spread throughout the world and developed into all modern cat species.