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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On the Ancient Silk Road, a Walk Shadowed by a Mystery
But my interest in the region stretches back earlier—to a period spanning the eighth to 15th centuries. At that time Silk Road entrepôts in Uzbekistan such as Khiwa, Buxoro, and Samarqand ...
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A New Study Finds That Domestic Cats Traveled the Silk Road to China About 1,400 Years Ago
According to a study recently published on the preprint server bioRxiv, cats were one of the many assets that traveled east on the famous Silk Road ... across this time period [was] a highly ...
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Pet cats arrived in China via the Silk Road 1,400 years ago, ancient DNA study finds
China's first pet cats arrived in the country around 1,400 years ago — likely via the famous Silk Road trading route ... remains from China across this time period [was] a highly challenging ...
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2,200-year-old grave in China contains 'Red Princess of the Silk Road' whose teeth were painted with a toxic substance
The cemetery lay on the main route of the Silk Road. The site was dated to 2,200 to 2,050 years ago via radiocarbon dating, putting it in the time frame when the Silk Road was active with the ...
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SILK Road: Threads of History from Gunma to Yokohama
At the time, raw silk became the country's largest ... On this episode of Journeys in Japan, Sheila Cliffe from the UK follows the Silk Road from northern Kanto, once a major production area ...
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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.