ginko 17 minutes ago

>That relationship we have with cats now only gets started about 3.5 or 4,000 years ago, rather than 10,000 years ago.

I wouldn't have thought cats were domesticated 10,000 years ago, why is it implied that's a general assumption?

  • ggm 11 minutes ago

    Because other animals appear to have been domesticated 10ky ago.

    It's hard to argue a good mouser is not useful to a primitive agrarian society. Which emerged before 4.5ky ago.