Archaeologists in China have unearthed the first clear evidence of cats living among humans as semidomesticated mousers about 5,300 years ago, a heretofore missing link in the history of the world’s ...

When archaeologists unearthed small cat bones in China dating back some 5,400 years, they figured cats had been hanging out ...

In a groundbreaking study, researchers have unveiled that the feline companions of ancient China were not the domestic cats ...

The house cat (Felis catus) slunk into China in the eighth century. But long before that, the ancient Chinese were by no means catless. Modern house cats are descendants of the African wildcat (Felis ...

Humans were living alongside leopard cats in settlements in ancient China more than 3,500 years before domestic cats arrived, new research shows. The findings reveal that people in the region had an ...

The earliest domestic cat arrived in China during the Tang dynasty’s rule between 618AD and 907AD, likely through the Eurasian trade routes connected to the Silk Road, according to a new DNA study.

Leopard cats were living alongside people in ancient China for more than 3,500 years before domestic cats arrived from Europe via the Silk Road. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...