{
  "id": 11000138,
  "title": "Adult fossil strengthens evidence for Homo erectus in southern Africa 2 million years ago",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/adult-fossil-strengthens-evidence-for-homo-erectus-in-southern-africa",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-30T18:00:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-adult-fossil-evidence-homo-erectus.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "La Trobe archaeologists have described 18 new hominin fossils, including a second Homo erectus skull fragment that confirms the species first appeared in southern Africa 2.0 million years ago—200,000 years earlier than traditionally thought.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}