As the saying goes “Every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat”, apart from a cat’s independent behaviour, this quote might contain a historical fact that you might not have known! Domesticated cats have a natural relationship with humans for thousands of years. But how did we get here? When and why were cats domesticated? Well, let’s start there. We didn’t really domesticate cats, they did so themselves! About 8000 years ago. All of the domesticated cats we know today generated from the same creature, Felis sylvestris, which means “cat of the woods.” Cats came in handy when humans started…