{
  "id": 14475923,
  "title": "Not all early birds evolved toward better flight, Jurassic fossil suggests",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/not-all-early-birds-evolved-toward-better-flight-jurassic-fossil",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-14T15:00:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-early-birds-evolved-flight-jurassic.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "For early birds, evolution wasn't always about becoming better flyers. This conclusion is supported by the recent discovery of a remarkably well-preserved, 150-million-year-old bird fossil from Fujian province, China, which is challenging long-held assumptions about early bird evolution.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}