{
  "id": 487828,
  "title": "What primates tell us about the evolutionary origins of keeping pets",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/what-primates-tell-us-about-the-evolutionary-origins-of-keeping-pets",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-10T17:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Scientist",
    "slug": "new-scientist",
    "url": "https://www.newscientist.com/article/2583030-what-primates-tell-us-about-the-evolutionary-origins-of-keeping-pets/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Keeping pets seems to be fairly recent behaviour in the timeline of human evolution. Columnist Michael Marshall turns to the latest research on primates to understand how long we’ve had the impulse to adopt furry friends",
  "key_points": [],
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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."
}