{
  "id": 3055908,
  "title": "Snakes on a plate: Could reptile consumption have freed us to settle down?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/snakes-on-a-plate-could-reptile-consumption-have-freed-us-to-settle",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-24T15:28:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Haaretz",
    "slug": "haaretz",
    "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2026-08-24/ty-article-magazine/snakes-on-a-plate-could-reptile-consumption-have-freed-us-to-settle-down/000001a0-32f1-d9cb-a3f3-3af3bd450000"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Lizards and snakes comprised almost a third of the Natufian diet in northern Israel 15,000 years ago, but that doesn't mean eating them was a choice",
  "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."
}