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4. Cats would have been absolutely indispensible in

Tue Jan 26, 2016, 09:32 PM

Jan 2016

the rodent-rich environments of early civilization.

And to show how much they appreciated our efforts, they domesticated us in return.

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Were cats domesticated more than once? [View all] Little Tich Jan 2016 OP

In the ancient world cats were worshiped as gods Fumesucker Jan 2016 #1

Cats Domesticated? Really? Yavin4 Jan 2016 #2

Those wacky humans... uriel1972 Jan 2016 #3

Cats would have been absolutely indispensible in hifiguy Jan 2016 #4

A cat thinks . . . FuzzyRabbit Jan 2016 #5

Better headline: "Did cats adopt humans more than once ?" nt eppur_se_muova Jan 2016 #6