While people especially domesticated dogs, cats domesticated themselves independently

Cats found a huge amount of food near lyudmi



Dogs were among the first animals to be domesticated. It is believed that hunter-gatherers were kidnapped cubs and raised them as his companion for hunting.

As for cats, then they mostly domesticated independently. Once people began to engage in agriculture and lead a sedentary life, they had to learn to keep large stocks of grain in storage silos and primitive.

And if in one place a lot of stored grain, any farmer will tell you that eventually there will come the hordes of rats. With this amount of food - rodents - cats gradually adapted to life close to the people, have become more open and trusting, and eventually domesticate.

People tolerate cats, because they hunted rats and thus helps to store grain and cat people suffered because of human granaries was always full of food for every taste.

It is believed that domestication occurred in Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt, which led to the deification of the cats in these societies.

via factroom.ru