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

An unrelated species of small cat lived in human settlements thousands of years before domestic cats, say scientists.

The scientists found that the wildcats lived alongside humans for some 3,500 years—but despite all that time, they were a ...

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Once cats became associated with people, they were moved around the world, prized as ship cats and pest controllers. Cats ...

Researchers focused on DNA drawn from centuries-old cat bones and compared it to the genetic signatures of today’s domestic ...