{
  "id": 17709,
  "title": "The golden age of language was a few thousand years ago",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/23/the-golden-age-of-language-was-a-few-thousand-years-ago",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-07-23T18:01:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Science News",
    "slug": "science-news",
    "url": "https://www.sciencenews.org/article/golden-age-language-history-diversity"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A few millennia ago, people worldwide may have spoken or signed up to 10 times as many languages as they do today.",
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  "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."
}