Discover the fascinating history of cat domestication and genetic analysis results, revealing how ancient Egyptians played a ...

"We plan to systematically survey the fossil cats in China and around the world, which were not well studied in the past. We hope to trace the origins and past diversity of the cat family." ...

A brand new species of cat has been found in a fossil from a cave in China. Reportedly small enough to have fit in the palm of your hand, the cat – named Prionailurus kurteni – is thought to have ...

Scientists have uncovered the fossil remains of a tiny feline species smaller than a house cat from an ancient cave in eastern China. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences say the ...

The researchers identified the new species as a member of the genus Prionailurus—in other words, it was an ancient leopard ... the fossil cats in China and around the world, which were not ...

BEIJING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Archaeologists have unearthed the tiniest known cat fossil at an ancient human site in east China, identified as an extinct species of leopard cat. This diminutive feline ...

BEIJING -- Archaeologists have unearthed the tiniest known cat fossil at an ancient human site in East China, identified as an extinct species of leopard cat. This diminutive feline was so petite ...