Researchers examined 5,000-year-old feline remains discovered in northern China, and their findings lead them to believe cats have been domesticated at least twice.

Cat owners don’t likely need scientists to tell them how truly exceptional the animals are, but, nonetheless, a research team has done just that.

The group examined 5,000-year-old feline remains discovered in northern China, and their findings led them to believe cats have been domesticated at least twice. 

Prior to the study, pigs were the only animals thought to have undergone such a process more than once. 

Though housecats started becoming regular community fixtures in the Middle East some 10,000 years ago, they weren’t believed to have made it to C