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    Why did ancient cats begin hanging around humans?

    Why did ancient cats begin hanging around humans?

    Here is an interesting article about cats and how they got attached to humans.

    [COLOR=rgba(25, 25, 25, 0.9)]It’s a question that haunts cat owners and has its roots in ancient civilizations: [/COLOR]Do cats love us[COLOR=rgba(25, 25, 25, 0.9)], or just our food?

    [/COLOR][COLOR=rgba(25, 25, 25, 0.9)]Archaeologists believe that cats and humans have had a relationship for thousands of years, starting when crop cultivation became the norm. As agriculture spread in the Fertile Crescent (between the modern Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf), the concentration of grains would have attracted rodents like mice and voles. Rotund little rodents nestled in a field would have been easy targets for the wild cats who lived in the area, so rather than roughing it in the desert, cats moved in with people by around 7,500 BCE... sort of.

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    [COLOR=rgba(25, 25, 25, 0.9)]The exact relationship between early, semi-domesticated cats and humans isn’t clear cut. While there’s some evidence that people had personal connections to cats, with one potential [/COLOR]pet burial site in Cyprus[COLOR=rgba(25, 25, 25, 0.9)] as old as 9,500 years old, it’s just as likely that cats tolerated the presence of humans for the convenience of plentiful mouse populations.[/COLOR]
    Read the rest of the article at the link.
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    That's pretty interesting.


    Cats aren't mentioned in the bible, but their family members..lions, are.
    • “Time spent with cats is never wasted.”
    • “Never trust a man who doesn’t like cats.”
    • “You’ve cat to be kitten me right meow.”
    • “As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat.”
    • “Cats are like music. It’s foolish to try to explain their worth to those who don’t appreciate them

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    I have three cats, and I swear sometimes they just stare at me like I am an idiot.
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    If any of these so-called scientists actually owned cats or dogs and paid any attention to them at all, they wouldn't write these goofy articles because they are judged about cat knowledge by a lot of non-credentialed people who apparently know more.

    Take the Manx, one of the oldest breeds of cat known, originated in the British Isles. Not everything originated in Africa. In my opinion, very little originated in Africa, including man.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    Why did ancient cats begin hanging around humans?

    Here is an interesting article about cats and how they got attached to humans.



    Read the rest of the article at the link.
    And here I thought it was because we taste like chicken....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    I have three cats, and I swear sometimes they just stare at me like I am an idiot.
    Have you ever asked them what they are thinking? You can get some interesting reactions.

    And yes, I am actually being serious. Personally, I believe they do understand a great deal of what we say and do, and they know how to manipulate humans.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lummy View Post
    If any of these so-called scientists actually owned cats or dogs and paid any attention to them at all, they wouldn't write these goofy articles because they are judged about cat knowledge by a lot of non-credentialed people who apparently know more.

    Take the Manx, one of the oldest breeds of cat known, originated in the British Isles. Not everything originated in Africa. In my opinion, very little originated in Africa, including man.
    Furthermore the likelihood that life on earth was all generated in one location is also a convenient little Adam and Eve answer, for those that call themselves the all knowing.

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    We attract rats and mice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Calypso Jones View Post
    That's pretty interesting.


    Cats aren't mentioned in the bible, but their family members..lions, are.
    • “Time spent with cats is never wasted.”
    • “Never trust a man who doesn’t like cats.”
    • “You’ve cat to be kitten me right meow.”
    • “As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat.”
    • “Cats are like music. It’s foolish to try to explain their worth to those who don’t appreciate them
    You give a dog a good home, a soft bed, and food and he thinks you are a god. You give a cat a good home, a soft bed, and food and he thinks he's a god.

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    Quote Originally Posted by patrickt View Post
    We attract rats and mice.
    Agriculture did that.

    An interesting article. I still wonder if my cats like me or tolerate me.
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