The time and opportunity was there all along. Close to the same amount of years in proximity, and opportunity. Cats are still eating humans in Africa and Asia. Cattle and horses are herbivores and only subservient, not truly our friends the way dogs are. And don’t doubt a cow will gore you or a horse will stomp you flat, given the chance.i have known all that for a long while. don't need a history lesson. just sayin',would have been a good thing to try if there had been an opportunity or the idea. all "performing" big cats,as far as i know,are from planned breeding programs. are 2nd-3rd gen at least i believe. never are wild captures. those folks USUALLY get away with their acts. that is not even 100yrs of selective breeding. 10K years very diff # of generations. not saying it would have worked. don't believe the idea is impossible given several millennia. the known ability of some lions (only from cub aged) to interact with some humans not in prey/predator roles is interesting food for thought. would have been v. beneficial for us as a tool. we captured horses and cattle. mendelian techniques have worked many times over the ages before the insane direct genetic manipulation of today.
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