{
  "id": 14475924,
  "title": "Modeling study shows early tetrapods had surprisingly little ability to move their necks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/modeling-study-shows-early-tetrapods-had-surprisingly-little-ability",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-14T15:00:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-early-tetrapods-ability-necks.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A new model using sturgeon as a material analog has made it possible to estimate how the backbones of some of the first animals on land could and could not move. These results disprove a long-standing hypothesis that changes in early tetrapod anatomy as they moved onto land gave them improved neck mobility. The study, led by a researcher at Uppsala University, formerly of Carleton University in…",
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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."
}