Cats may have been our pets for much longer than previously thought.<br />A new study shows that felines may have been pets for Kazakh pastoralists along the Silk Road over 1,000 years ago.<br />Tests on a cat skeleton found in southern Kazakhstan revealed that cats may have been pets for nomadic herders.<br />Researchers say it's rare to find an almost complete cat skeleton from this era.<br />The skeleton allowed researchers to analyze the bones to see how the cat lived.<br />The cat skeleton found along the Silk Road represents the earliest evidence of domestic cat remains in that area.
