Meow ... Where do kitties come from anyway?

[Mendalla]

Ever wondered how the cat came to join the dog as humanity's favorite companion and partner in crime? PBS Eons has you covered. This week's episode reviews our current understanding of how we came to domesticate the cat (twice).

 

[Mendalla]

And, by the way, it goes a lot further back than Ancient Egypt. A burial on Cyprus contains a cat dating to c. 11000 years ago, long before the sacred cats of the Nile kingdom.

 

[Jae]

God made cats, around 6,000 years ago.

 

[Mendalla]

God made cats, around 6,000 years ago.

No. We are not going there, troll. Find another thread or start one on the subject if you want to talk YEC.

 

[Jae]

No. We are not going there, troll. Find another thread or start one on the subject if you want to talk YEC.

You have a problem with me giving my answer to your question, got it. Or is it just my sharing my belief as to when cats first came to be? You did ask where kitties came from. Perhaps you should have been clear up front that you're only interested in answers that align with your own ideas.

 

[Northwind]

Thanks for this @Mendalla. I'll look at the clip later when I'm not watching a movie.

And, by the way, it goes a lot further back than Ancient Egypt. A burial on Cyprus contains a cat dating to c. 11000 years ago, long before the sacred cats of the Nile kingdom.

I like the idea that cats have been around for 11000 years. No wonder they think so highly of themselves.

 

[Redbaron]

It might be the other way around-- cats have domesticated humans, and trained us well. I've never heard of a human peeing on the cat's laundry....
But the video was interesting, in how it happened twice over 11,000 years,

 

[Luce NDs]

Cats re entered our lives about a month ago ... thus life is restructured contrary to popular belief I live in a man cave with a cave lion!

The mistress has lost control of the house in a flash ...

Opposing human law ... cat control is a given (donatism) and they take all they can get ... as cats do ... in opposition to all BS and it is not necessarily creative activity ... time remains relative and may be longer than appears!

 

[Mendalla]

I am thinking that there is another Eons or similar on cats that talks more generally (ie. Including both small and big cats) about our knowledge of their evolution. Will try to find it later.

 

[Luce NDs]

I am thinking that there is another Eons or similar on cats that talks more generally (ie. Including both small and big cats) about our knowledge of their evolution. Will try to find it later.

And always remember that with an really big cat ... much will be found in the quantum kitty! Realize it may be an abstract item!