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Oldest Domesticated Cat?

From the BBC:

The oldest known evidence of people keeping cats as pets may have been discovered by archaeologists.

The discovery of a cat buried with what could be its owner in a Neolithic grave on Cyprus suggests domestication of cats had begun 9,500 years ago.

It was thought the Egyptians were first to domesticate cats, with the earliest evidence dating to 2,000-1,900 BC.

French researchers writing in Science magazine show that the process actually began much earlier than that.

Obviously, our ancestors were much smarter than we give them credit for, and showed impeccable taste in who they kept company with.

And Rainbow knew that cat...

Posted by Jeff Soyer at April 9, 2004 10:06 AM