They were dated to 3,000 to 3,500 years BC.
这些骨骼可以追溯到公元前3000年到3500年前。
To determine which species they originated from, and whether they belonged to the same group of felines that were tamed in the West, scientists undertook what's known as geometric morphometric analysis.
为了确定这些骨骼是源自哪种猫科,这些骨骼是否同属于西方驯化的猫科品种,科学家们采用了名为几何形态学分析的研究方法。
The scientists analysed the mandibles of five cats from Shaanxi and Henan dating from 3,500 to 2,900 BC.
科学家们分析了山西和河南省五种猫骨的上颌骨,这五种猫骨都可以追溯到公元前3500年到2900年前。
All of the bones in the excavation belonged to the leopard cat, Prionailurus bengalensis, an animal of similar size to a domestic cat but with longer legs and a smaller head, and which still lives in the wild across much of Asia.
挖掘出的所有的猫骨都属于豹猫(leopard cat, 又称Prionailurus bengalensis),这是一种同家猫有着相似的大小但腿略长且头略小,而且现仍生活在亚洲大部分地区的野外。
This wildcat, which is a distant relation of the western wildcat, is well-known for its propensity to frequent areas with a strong human presence.
这种野猫是西方野猫的“远亲”,因其经常出现在人气很强的地区而为人所熟知。
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