{
  "id": 1966811,
  "title": "Anthropologist Proposes Folding Australopithecus and Paranthropus into Genus Homo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/anthropologist-proposes-folding-australopithecus-and-paranthropus",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-19T15:51:42.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.sci.news/othersciences/anthropology/pan-homo-genus-15003.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Dr. Ian Towle, a researcher with the Biomedicine Discovery Institute at Monash University, proposes folding nearly 5 million years of hominin fossils into the genus Homo, arguing that traits once used to separate species -- big brains, tool use -- no longer hold up. The post Anthropologist Proposes Folding Australopithecus and Paranthropus into Genus Homo appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking…",
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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."
}