证据表明猫首先在埃及被驯服。埃及人存储的谷物吸引了啮齿动物，吸引了猫。 {没有证据表明玛雅人发生了这样的事情，尽管许多野猫是该地区的原生。}我认为这是不准确的。当然，这不是整个故事。猫并没有以慕斯的身份开始。作为啮齿动物对照剂，鼬鼠，蛇和狗更有效。我假设猫是作为熟悉的心理伴侣开始的，从未偏离此功能。
(Evidence indicates that cats were first tamed in Egypt. The Egyptians stored grain, which attracted rodents, which attracted cats. {No evidence that such a thing happened with the Mayans, though a number of wild cats are native to the area.} I don't think this is accurate. It is certainly not the whole story. Cats didn't start as mousers. Weasels and snakes and dogs are more efficient as rodent-control agents. I postulate that cats started as psychic companions, as Familiars, and have never deviated from this function.)