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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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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 ...
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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 ...
New study reveals domestic cats arrived in China via the Silk Road around 600 CE
"Initially, cats were considered valuable exotic pets," said study co-author Shu-Jin Luo, according to Live Science. Upon ...
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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.
The Rise and Fall of Technicolor in Hollywood’s Golden Age
The exquisitely exacting and expensive process (three to four times more costly than reliable black and white) was a major ...
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Silk Road Merchants Brought Cats to China 1,400 Years Ago, Study Says
The findings indicate that traders from the West likely brought cats to China along the Silk Road. “It’s a knockout study,” said Melinda Zeder, an archaeozoologist at the Smithsonian’s National Museum ...