{
  "id": 17241,
  "title": "Mysterious DNA: two unknown ancestors found in human genome",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/mysterious-dna-two-unknown-ancestors-found-in-human-genome",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-01T06:05:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "url": "http://www.euronews.com/health/2026/08/01/mysterious-dna-two-unknown-ancestors-found-in-human-genome"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The human family tree is gaining new branches. Researchers have found in modern humans' DNA signs of two previously unknown ancestors – extinct human forms with no fossils or decoded DNA, yet they have left traces in our genome.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "ScienceDaily",
        "title": "Scientists found two mysterious ‘ghost’ ancestors hiding in our DNA",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/scientists-found-two-mysterious-ghost-ancestors-hiding-in-our-dna",
        "published": "2026-08-01T01:58:37.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}