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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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New study reveals domestic cats arrived in China via the Silk Road around 600 CE
New research suggests that domestic cats first appeared in China around 600 CE, likely arriving via the Silk Road trade route. The study, which analyzed 22 feline remains from 14 archaeological ...
Hindustan Times21d
Chinese temple cat blesses visitors with high-fives, charms the internet. Watch
A cat at a Buddhist temple in China has become an unexpected internet sensation after videos of it ‘blessing’ visitors with high-fives went viral. A cat at a Buddhist temple in China has ...
Smithsonian Magazine15d
A New Study Finds That Domestic Cats Traveled the Silk Road to China About 1,400 Years Ago
About 7,000 years later, these companion cats spread to Europe through trade. But scientists have long wondered when and how feline friends arrived in China—where they’re currently the most ...