Hi, being the Master of quick thinking and timing *grin*, I was thinking about that arguement a while ago about whether ferrets have been domesticated longer than cats.. Now, I know nothing about history and times and things, so this is merely a thought, please don't jump on me about ignorant of it all :) Ferrets have been domesticated 'longer' than cats, they were not domesticated 'earlier' than cats.. The egyptians domesticated cats, *but* how long for? Were those domesticated cats then passed to our early culture, or did that domestication die out with the egyptians, to be reborn in our early culture? I was thinking, if the egyptians domesticated the cat, say near the end of thier culture, then it was lost and then we re-domesticated it, perhaps the length of time the cat has been domesticated is less than the ferret? Again, excuse my ignorance of history and timelines.. heheh. - Reet [Posted in FML issue 2585]