An article about cats – always a winner!
Posted On: Oct 10th, 2017 at 14:15
The World
The domestication of cats goes back to at least 10,000 years. A huge amount of research has been carried out into how and when cats were domesticated, and these latest findings are backing up previous research – that cats interacted with humans at least 10,000 years ago, most likely because rodents were attracted by human refuse.
That in itself is an interesting fact, for the old belief that humans were still living in hunting groups around that time could easily have been disproven with this knowledge.
The human-cat relationship was borne out of tolerance due to necessity, not one of love and bonding. Trust between the two has taken thousands of years, and even today large cats are considered an enemy of humans. Not surprising when one sees their true size and power, and those huge teeth that can crush a man’s skull with one bite. But the little cute fluffy ones that evolved to eat small prey and not jumping gazelles have somehow managed to persuade us that they are actually very cute indeed. Today our relationship is rather less pragmatic, but it’s clear in more recent studies that we have been hoodwinked completely by our feline friends, and that we have been used from the very beginning. Ah, but that feeling of a ball of fluff curled up on our beds is definitely worth the sacrifice…
