Not only Egyptians the cat was at home in the villages Chinese 5300 years ago ... - Quotidiano.net

A study anticipates the domestication of the cat in relation to data on the Egyptians. Additional findings show reports 10,000 years ago

cat house (Photo L.Gallitto)

Washington, December 17, 2013 – The domestication of the cat in farms in China 5,300 years ago has been documented in a study that appears in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.

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Fiona Marshall and colleagues at Washington University in St. Louis is the first study that provides direct evidence the process of domestication of the cat. ” Our data

suggest that cats were attracted to ancient Chinese farming villages from small animals, such as rodents, who lived in the wheat growing was eaten and stored on farms,” said Marshall.

The research results showed that the village of Quanhucun was a source of food for cats already 5300 years ago, and that the relationship between humans and cats was mutually beneficial . ” Even if the cat had not yet been tamed, our tests confirm that lived in close proximity with farmers,” said the scholar.

participated in the study also Yaowu Hu and colleagues at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who studied eight bones makes at least two cats found at the site . Until now it was thought that cats have received the first domesticated in ancient Egypt, about four years ago, although recent discoveries of cats buried with humans have led to the hypothesis that there is a very close relationship between men and cats already 10 thousand years ago.
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