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The taming of the cat happened about 10.000 years after that of the dog and 1.500 years after the horse's.
One principle of domestication is the desire of the individual to integrate a social ierarchy, which didn't quite fit the cat's individuality profile. For millenia, the cat has enjoyed the commensality of the human contact while keeping its distance.
In 2017 there were 100 million cats in the US homes, about one to every three people, whereas in Romania you can estimate one to every five people, but the numbers are not official, as many cats don't open their tiny doors to census teams.
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A fist step in zooarcheology is identifying correctly the bones. The next one is making assumptions about how people used the animals, whether in rituals, for survival or other purposes.
Even more useful is to remove the human from the middle of this ...
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One of the oldest burials of a man with an animal dates back 15.000 years in Jordan where a man was buried with a fox.
In Egipt 3.500 BC, whole skeletons of elephants, hippos and baboons were found as a sign of the world's first Zoo.
More than 4.000 years ago in Sudan...
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In Antiquity the cat is less well known, an animal humans don't interact with closely or enough. It has not immersed itself in the social mechanism as a tender companion, it's just a wonderful pest extermination machine.
From another angle, it is argued that the cat did not meet the classic...
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The medieval discovery of the cat shows of a shift in mentality rather than just a intensified presence of the predator.
In Antiquity the feline is held for rodents, not for caresses. The first to use tenderness and companionship associated with cats are medieval monks.
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After a long Antiquity in which the cat preserves its independence, it is actually discovered in the early Middle Ages and compromised for centuries to come by mistrust originated in a papal bull.
Cats, especially the black ones, are demonized by the official christian doctrine star...
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In the 7th century there is a christian-islamic sincronicity in cat loving.
There are more legends including christian hermits that pet cats and are cautioned by God to redirect their attention entirely to devotion. The hermit story is included in the 13th century in the medieval bestseller...
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Cats and humans have enjoyed a mostly symbiotic relationship for thousands of years. When and where cats first became domesticated has been a riddle for scientists.
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