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Cats are believed to be the only domestic animal that domesticated itself. When man went from hunter-gather to farmer, they built granaries to store the grain they had grown. These granaries attracted various rodents such as mice which saw the granaries as a food source.

With the population of rodents increasing, cats saw the granaries as a constant food source for them. Since man saw the benefit of the felines around the granaries, he did little to kill or run off the cats. In fact, it is believed man encouraged the felines to help protect their stores of grain.

The direct answer to your question is the cats started living with humans when man went from hunter-gather to farmer.

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