It has survived over millions of years - doing well enough on its own before human beings entered the picture. We've idolized, loved, demonized and hunted it. We can't seem to make up our minds. Marilyn Powell stalks the cat, wild and domestic, balancing history with science, the new genetic discoveries that reconfigure the animal in the landscape of its nature.

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