guy Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 Cat are currently the most popular pet in urban China. Research points to their introduction into China around AD 600 (over 1500 years after their introduction to Europe). These old cats were probably introduced to China from Kazakhstan by the the Silk Road. These recent DNA studies undermines the assumption that cats were prevalent during Han Dynasty (206 BCE to AD 220). https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-new-study-finds-that-domestic-cats-traveled-the-silk-road-to-china-about-1400-years-ago-180986206/ https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.31.635809v1.full.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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