Domesticated animals are animals that have been selectively bred and genetically adapted over generations to live alongside humans. They are genetically distinct from their wild ancestors or cousins.

Pop Chart. It even provides an evolutionary timeline, which begins with the extinct Proailurus cat—a small carnivorous animal that resembled a mongoose or civet—about 30 million years ago. The ...

Most domesticated animals look very different from their wild ancestors. ... Genetic analysis — including DNA from Egyptian cat mummies — and archaeological data chart the feline diaspora.