A research team led by Professor Luo Shujin from the School of Life Sciences has uncovered a surprising chapter in the ...
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When Did Domestic Cats Take Over the World? New Research Suggests They Arrived in Europe and China Centuries Later Than We Thought
Two genetic analyses suggest that our feline friends reached China around 1,400 years ago via the Silk Road, and that they ...
An unrelated species of small cat lived in human settlements thousands of years before domestic cats, say scientists.
The modern house cat reached China in the 8th century. Before that, another cat — the leopard cat — hunted the rodents in ancient Chinese settlements.
A Europe-focused study published in the journal Science examined 87 ancient and modern cat genomes and found that the domestic cat, which has the scientific name Felis catus, originated in North ...
As many cat owners will testify, their pets are often mysterious creatures, independent, cunning and sometimes aloof. And now ...
The scientists found that the wildcats lived alongside humans for some 3,500 years—but despite all that time, they were a ...
People rated cats as having a more positive emotional state when shown indoors rather than outdoors, even those who believe ...
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