{
  "id": 4858535,
  "title": "We’ve Been Strapping Cargo to Our Backs for Millions of Years, but Backpack Innovation Really Took Off Around the Civil War",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/weve-been-strapping-cargo-to-our-backs-for-millions-of-years-but",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T12:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/weve-been-strapping-cargo-backs-millions-years-backpack-innovation-took-off-around-civil-war-180989280/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Discover the origin story for an accessory being comfortably lugged by nearly every hiker and student, with about 450 million sold each year",
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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."
}