5,500-year-old wildcat found in Glencurran Cave rewrites Ireland’s prehistoric wildlife history

A new archaeological and genetic study has furnished the earliest direct evidence that European wildcats once roamed prehistoric Ireland. Researchers have identified wildcat remains from Glencurran Cave in the Burren, County Clare, dating to roughly 3600 BCE...

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