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Pet cats arrived in China via the Silk Road 1,400 years ago, ancient DNA study finds
The 14 domestic cats in the sample all shared a genetic signature in their mitochondrial DNA known as clade IV-B. This ...
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Pet Cats Arrived In China 1,400 Years Ago, And Kittens Were Given As Gifts To The Elite
The domestication and trade of pet cats began about 10,000 years ago in modern-day Turkey when Anatolians tamed Near Eastern ...
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A New Study Finds That Domestic Cats Traveled the Silk Road to China About 1,400 Years Ago
Per the study, China’s oldest known domestic cat lived in the central province of Shaanxi between 706 and 883, during the ...
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6 rare cat breeds you probably don’t know about
Discover six rare and unique cat breeds with distinct ... The Chausie is a hybrid cat which is obtained from the crossing between domestic cats and jungle cats (Felis chaus).
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Dairy workers' cats died from bird flu, but it's not clear how they got infected
The study concluded that reports of bird flu infections in indoor cats are rare, but “such cats might ... there have been several reports of domestic cats becoming infected and dying after ...
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China’s First Domestic Cats Took the Silk Road 1,400 Years Ago, New Study Finds
Domestic cats first stepped paw in China more than a millennia ago, a new study has found. Their route in? Quite likely, the ...
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Pet cats arrived in China via the Silk Road 1,400 years ago, ancient DNA study finds
How and when domestic cats arrived in China has been a mystery. A new analysis of cat DNA suggests traders and diplomats likely carried the pets with them along the Silk Road 1,400 years ago.