{
  "id": 4656172,
  "title": "Fossil feet may be misleading scientists about human evolution",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/fossil-feet-may-be-misleading-scientists-about-human-evolution",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-31T12:38:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ScienceDaily",
    "slug": "sciencedaily",
    "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260829235942.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Wild monkeys in West Africa can climb vertical tree trunks using foot flexibility scientists did not realize they possessed. The discovery challenges a key assumption about what the last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees looked like and how it moved.",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}