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Source: Chip Chick

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have discovered the earliest known evidence of this kneading behavior in the form of prints on a 1,200-year-old piece of clay. During an excavation project at Mount Zion, the laboratory director, Gretchen Cotter, had been examining artifacts collected from outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem when she noticed something peculiar.

“The paw print itself had a measurement of around [1.2 square inches], and the claw markings were still evident, cut deeply into the clay,” said Shimon Gibson, the co-director of the archaeological project and a history professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Read the story at https://www.chipchick.com/2025/01/1200-year-old-paw-prints-reveal-the-oldest-evidence-of-this-feline-behavior.