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How many years has the domestic cat been in China?
Summary: About 4000 years ago.

Cats entered China more than 4000 years ago. From 65438 to 0990, in a site in Linzi, Shandong Province, animals' mandibles and first premolars were also found in the ash pit of Neolithic Age. Biologists have identified it as the remains of a domestic cat. Its teeth are not sharp and have a high degree of domestication.

Scholars from the Institute of Archaeology pointed out that the breeding of domestic cats in China began more than 4,000 years ago. The reason is not only the remains of cat bones and teeth unearthed from Longshan culture, but also the cultural environment of domesticating cats. He pointed out that domesticating domestic cats is the product of the development of agricultural production to a certain stage.

Characteristics of cats:

Cats, belonging to cats, are divided into domestic cats and wild cats, and are widely used pets in families all over the world. The ancestors of domestic cats should be desert cats in ancient Egypt and Persian cats in Persia, which have been domesticated by humans for 3500 years (but not completely domesticated like dogs). Ordinary cats: round head, short face, five fingers on the forelimbs, four toes on the hind limbs, and sharp and curved claws on the toes, which can be extended. Night activities.

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