New study reveals domestic cats arrived in China via the Silk Road around 600 CE
N ew research suggests that domestic cats first appeared in China around 600 CE, likely arriving via the Silk Road trade ...
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A New Study Finds That Domestic Cats Traveled the Silk Road to China About 1,400 Years Ago
The modern world’s pet cats are products of a long process of domestication and trade. It began some 10,000 years ago in ...
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Chemung County health officials issue alert after rabid cat identified in Breesport
The Chemung County Health Department is seeking to locate anyone who may have been bitten by a black and white domestic cat near Borden Hill Road, Holloran Drive or Jackson Creek Road between Feb ...
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Pet cats arrived in China via the Silk Road 1,400 years ago, ancient DNA study finds
A Tang Dynasty mural from A.D. 829 is one of the earliest depictions of domestic cats in China. Two black-and-white cats are ...
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Domestic cat tested positive for rabies in Chemung County
BREESPORT, N.Y. (WBNG) -- The Chemung Health Department is seeking anyone who may have been bitten by a black and white domestic cat near Borden Hill Road, Holloran Drive and Jackson Creek Road ...
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Two domestic cats infected with H5N1 virus in Michigan
Courtney White, vice president of veterinary medicine at the Humane Society of Huron Valley in Ann Arbor, said risk to humans and widespread exposure to community and domestic cats is considered ...
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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 ...