{
  "id": 17885355,
  "title": "Large Megapode Bird Identified from Flores Cave Bone",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/large-megapode-bird-identified-from-flores-cave-bone",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-03T00:57:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Sci.News",
    "slug": "sci-news",
    "url": "https://www.sci.news/paleontology/megapodius-rokusi-15170.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A new species of extinct megapode bird -- a ground-dwelling relative of the chicken that was several times heavier than its living cousin -- has been identified from a single fragment of leg bone found in a cave on the Indonesian island of Flores. The post Large Megapode Bird Identified from Flores Cave Bone appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .",
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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."
}