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African Wildcat: The Cat That Domesticated Us
Animalogic African Wildcat: The Cat That Domesticated Us Posted: March 5, 2025 | Last updated: March 6, 2025 The African wildcat is more than just a fierce predator—it’s the ancestor of all ...
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Extremely Rare Wild Cat Is the Oldest of Her Kind in Human Care but There's a 'Catch'
One of these little but fierce wild cats is Naia, a member of a rare African wild cat species called the black-footed cats.
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Pet Cats Arrived In China 1,400 Years Ago, And Kittens Were Given As Gifts To The Elite
The domestication and trade of pet cats began about 10,000 years ago in modern-day Turkey when Anatolians tamed Near Eastern ...
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A New Study Finds That Domestic Cats Traveled the Silk Road to China About 1,400 Years Ago
Today's domestic cats are descended from the African, or Near Eastern, wildcat. Rute Martins of Leoa's Photography (www.leoa.co.za), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Upon domestic cats ...