Ancient DNA is rewriting the origin story of the cat curled on the sofa. Long before the familiar house cat padded into ...

The contemporary house cats (Felis catus) in China came into the picture much later. Descendants of the African wildcat ( ...

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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 ...

A leopard cat, which is under second-class state protection in China, is seen in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on ...

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

It seems that domestic cats were not the first felines to live with humans, a study undertaken in China has revealed. In fact, the cats we are most familiar with they only arrived in the region via ...

The modern house cat reached China in the 8th century. Before that, another cat — the leopard cat — hunted the rodents in ancient Chinese settlements.