Moving On. As people moved and migrated, the cats did too, spreading throughout the world with human tribes. According to National Geographic, the earliest evidence of domestic cats is from Cypress, dating back 9,500 years.ave. When you watch your cat engage in every day behavior, whether it's jumping onto her cat tree, twitching her tail as she spots a bird out the window or dig around in her litter box, consider that she's the result of more than 10,000 years of evolution.