Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Throughout the history of life on Earth, various unrelated lineages have looked amazingly similar to each other due to the effects of convergent evolution. In this video, let's look at every time things have evolved into cats!

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0:00 - Intro
2:06 - True cat (Felidae) evolution
7:08 - Oxyaenidae
9:45 - Hyaenodonta
10:48 - Nimravidae ('False' Sabre-Toothed Cats)
12:36 - Barbourofelidae
14:13 - Thylacosmilidae
18:35 - Thylacoleo (The 'Marsupial Lion')
21:04 - The Fossa
23:04 - Quolls
24:04 - Pakasuchus - The Croc Cat!
26:18 - Outro