(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.)
作者William S. Burroughs (0 评论)
William S. Burroughs表明，猫的驯化起源于埃及，它们的存在与吸引啮齿动物的谷物的储存有关。尽管如此，他指出，尽管存在野猫，但没有证据表明在玛雅文化中发生了相同的过程。关于猫驯化的这种观点并不能完全捕捉与人类关系的复杂性。