Assertion: ferret | /r/HasProperty | discovered
Facets:
value: far back as egypt
type: LOCATION
value: with being the oldest domesticated animal
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Ferrets that had albinism were discovered over a few thousand years ago and the Swiss Naturalist Gesner in 1551 described the critters as the color of wool stained with urine.
text: With regard to it being the oldest domesticated animal, ferrets as domestic partners are documented as far back as Egypt; ferret remains have been dated to 1500 BC, according to your own cited reference, while dogs were still only work animals.