Mike Carruthers

And there is a link to that book in the show notes. Appreciate it. Thanks, David. Okay, cool. Have a great day. I have to admit, I'm more of a dog person than a cat person, but I've owned cats. I like cats. A lot of people own cats or have owned cats or will live in a house with cats.

And we've never really done a segment that explores the life and the world of cats and how they've come to be one of our favorite pets and how are they related to other felines like tigers? Where did they come from? How did they get domesticated and why? And what is it about cats that people find so intriguing? Well, here to discuss this is Jonathan Lawsus.

And we've never really done a segment that explores the life and the world of cats and how they've come to be one of our favorite pets and how are they related to other felines like tigers? Where did they come from? How did they get domesticated and why? And what is it about cats that people find so intriguing? Well, here to discuss this is Jonathan Lawsus.

And we've never really done a segment that explores the life and the world of cats and how they've come to be one of our favorite pets and how are they related to other felines like tigers? Where did they come from? How did they get domesticated and why? And what is it about cats that people find so intriguing? Well, here to discuss this is Jonathan Lawsus.

He's an evolutionary biologist at Washington University and author of the book The Cat's Meow, How Cats Evolved from the Savannah to Your Sofa. Hey, Jonathan, welcome to Something You Should Know. Well, thank you so much for having me here. So what is a cat? Where do cats come from? Why are they here? Why are they here?

He's an evolutionary biologist at Washington University and author of the book The Cat's Meow, How Cats Evolved from the Savannah to Your Sofa. Hey, Jonathan, welcome to Something You Should Know. Well, thank you so much for having me here. So what is a cat? Where do cats come from? Why are they here? Why are they here?

He's an evolutionary biologist at Washington University and author of the book The Cat's Meow, How Cats Evolved from the Savannah to Your Sofa. Hey, Jonathan, welcome to Something You Should Know. Well, thank you so much for having me here. So what is a cat? Where do cats come from? Why are they here? Why are they here?

And the cat family, how big is the cat family?

And the cat family, how big is the cat family?

And the cat family, how big is the cat family?

So the cat that we think of when we see a cat, did it evolve from these bigger cats or is it just they're related but they took different paths?

So the cat that we think of when we see a cat, did it evolve from these bigger cats or is it just they're related but they took different paths?

So the cat that we think of when we see a cat, did it evolve from these bigger cats or is it just they're related but they took different paths?

And somebody said, let's go get that cat and make it a pet, or it had some other agricultural purpose, or what was the path to domestication?

And somebody said, let's go get that cat and make it a pet, or it had some other agricultural purpose, or what was the path to domestication?

And somebody said, let's go get that cat and make it a pet, or it had some other agricultural purpose, or what was the path to domestication?

you can see how this this co-evolutionary walk would lead to the african wildcat turning into the domestic cat so i get that you know cats serve a purpose that having them around is good to help keep the rodent population down and all but cats you know compared to dogs say do seem more aloof that they're not as clingy and happy to see people

you can see how this this co-evolutionary walk would lead to the african wildcat turning into the domestic cat so i get that you know cats serve a purpose that having them around is good to help keep the rodent population down and all but cats you know compared to dogs say do seem more aloof that they're not as clingy and happy to see people

you can see how this this co-evolutionary walk would lead to the african wildcat turning into the domestic cat so i get that you know cats serve a purpose that having them around is good to help keep the rodent population down and all but cats you know compared to dogs say do seem more aloof that they're not as clingy and happy to see people

that they might be good to have around outside, but at some point, who was it that said, well, you know, let's have them live here?