Bones show cats hunted Chinese village's rodents 5,300 years ago
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 11:57
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A cat-and-mouse game that played out in a Chinese village 5,300 years ago is helping scientists understand how wild felines were transformed into the tame pets we know today. In fact, it was the cat's appetite that started it down the path to domestication, scientists believe.