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  "id": 19231760,
  "title": "Fossil Skull from Peru Reveals Pygmy Sperm Whale with Record-Breaking Facial Asymmetry",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/fossil-skull-from-peru-reveals-pygmy-sperm-whale-with-record-breaking",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-09T21:57:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Sci.News",
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    "url": "https://www.sci.news/paleontology/scaphokogia-huachafo-15184.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Some six million years ago (Late Miocene epoch), a pygmy sperm whale with a face unlike anything in today’s oceans may have swept its downturned snout along the shallow seabed off what is now southern Peru. The post Fossil Skull from Peru Reveals Pygmy Sperm Whale with Record-Breaking Facial Asymmetry appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Phys.org",
        "title": "Prehistoric whale reveals extreme skull asymmetry",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/prehistoric-whale-reveals-extreme-skull-asymmetry",
        "published": "2026-11-09T17:00:24.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}