Is there a (co-)homology theory for smooth manifolds which identifies spaces up to isomorphism?

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All homology theories I'm aware of are defined up to homotopy. Of course, for something to be eglegible for the name "homology theory", it has to satisfy the Eilenberg-Steenrod Axioms, of which the first is the homotopy invariance.

But if we dropped this requirement, could a (co-)homology theory which identifies real smooth manifolds up to isomorphism exist?