{
  "id": 196501,
  "title": "Ancient bone-crunching Territory thylacine femur uncovered near Alice Springs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/ancient-bone-crunching-territory-thylacine-femur-uncovered-near-alice",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-05T22:43:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/territory-tiger-remains-thylacine-femur-uncovered/106993956"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An 8-million-year-old intact femur from the bone-crunching Northern Territory tiger has been found for the first time at the Alcoota fossil beds north-east of Alice Springs.",
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  },
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  "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."
}