9,500 year old cat

09 April 2004 · 0 comments

The oldest known evidence of people keeping cats as pets may have been discovered by archaeologists. [BBC Science News] 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 [...]

The oldest known evidence of people keeping cats as pets may have been discovered by archaeologists. [BBC Science News]

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.

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