Originally posted by wolfgang59It is my opinion that humans probably domesticated wolves and gradually bred dogs from their pups, whereas cats have domesticated humans. Cats looked round the available species and decided that h. saps were the most favorable 'providers' and thereafter set about to tame us by purring and rubbing against our legs.
Cats may treat us as slaves...
All a cat needs is a flap!
What a cat needs is a 'provider' with opposable thumbs -- to work the can opener for cat-food tins. Apes would have done as well, but apes didn't invent cat-food tins.