How were cats domesticated? Contrary to popular belief, it didn't start with the Egyptians.

How were cats domesticated? Contrary to popular belief, it didn't start with the Egyptians.

We're all somewhat familiar with the history of house cats, right? At some point in school, we learned something about how ancient Egyptians loved cats and viewed them as gods and that's how we ended up with Whiskers McFluff and Princess Meowface deigning to grace us with their presence in our homes. Right?That was our understanding of cat domestication for much of modern history. But in the early 2000s, researchers found a burial site on the is…