The Cat's Meow: How Cats Evolved from the Savanna to Your Sofa

Excellent book about cats, their evolution, and their behavior. The author conveys difficult concepts clearly. It was a really fun and informative read.

A must purchase!Do not let the cute cover deter you. This book is extremely well researched and fascinating to read. It is head and shoulders above the usual fluff books written to entertain cat lovers. I learned more about cats in the firsst ten pages tan I had known up to that point.

Content note: the author is pro-purebred breeding for the most part, and makes only brief mentions of the health problems that come with the extremes of some recent breeds. A casual and informal writing style makes this more interesting than a textbook on evolution, and it's all cats! The author talks a lot about his own cats, and repeatedly mentions how wonderful his particular purebred is. There's quite a lot of footnotes and citations; in the ebook I read, the pages holding the text of all the footnotes and such are about half the book, due to the way pop-up footnotes are formatted.

The Cat's Meow will capture the attention of every cat parent who wants to be more informed on their feline friend. The pages are bursting with so much interesting information. Losos has written a well researched gem of a book!Anne Marie Farage- Smith LMHCAuthor of Healing Wisdom For Pet Loss: An Animal Lover's Guide To Grief

The author clearly explains the mechanisms of evolution in a readable and entertaining manner. The information is detailed but can be appreciated by both the layman and the scientist. It is rare to find this combination in scientific writing. Highly recommended for all cat lovers!

Daughter loves anything cat! She loves this book.

This is a fascinating look at how our pets evolved from their wild ancestors, how they interact with us and each other and what their future looks like. It's long on science and short on jargon, so any cat lover can come away with an enhanced level of both knowledge and appreciation for our feline friends and why they are so different from our other animal companions. A must-read for anyone who has ever owned, visited or watched a cat.

Very mixed emotions about this book. I originally expected to enjoy it more and rate it a lot higher.The author has a very enjoyable conversaitonal style, and this book is full of fascinating (and sometimes funny) information about cats today and in history, like the practice in ancient Egypt of family members shaving their eyebrows to mourn their cat's death.Unfortunately, he REALLY likes his subject, and there is MUCH too much detail in many areas, wordy and often repetitive, especially in how studies were conducted and the science of the genetics. Several times I was tempted to quit.

Facts about cats, wish it had more colour photos of cats.Good information

A playful evolutionary tale by academic Jonathan Losos, a self-confessed cat-loving biologist, that traces the history and lifestyles of globe-trotting cats from early settlements to modern cities in an engaging manner that sparks curiosity.

It's a book about cats. I like cats and books about cats.