And what were they when they were still in the wild?
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Some animals’ biological tendencies and skills lend themselves well to humans, and vice versa so symbiotic relationships form.
For example – cats. Cats are naturally inclined to hunt rodents. Rodents are pests that eat the kinds of things a farmer would be harvesting. Cats don’t want grains and fruits, though. They want to eat the rodents. So the nature of a farm attracts rodents. Rodents attract cats. Cats kill rodents, which keeps them from eating crops. So the farmer decides to let the cat stick around since the cat gets rid of the things that actually harm his livelihood.
Cat benefits by having a constant supply of food. Human benefits by having a way to get rid of pests. That’s likely how cats ended up becoming domesticated.
Any animal that has been domesticated from the earliest civilizations will have some characteristic that is helpful for human survival in a more primitive world.
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