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Earliest “Domestic” Cats in China Identified as Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)
The ancestor of all modern domestic cats is the wildcat, Felis silvestris lybica, with archaeological evidence indicating it was domesticated as early as 10,000 years ago in South-West Asia. A recent study, however, claims that cat domestication also occurred in China some 5,000 years ago and involv...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4723238/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26799955 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147295 |