{
  "id": 28643,
  "title": "Did Early Snakes Burrow, Swim or Crawl? 80‑Million‑Year‑Old Fossil Suggests: All Three",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/24/did-early-snakes-burrow-swim-or-crawl-80-million-year-old-fossil",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-07-24T00:18:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Sci.News",
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    "url": "https://www.sci.news/paleontology/tametara-mirim-14942.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Paleontologists have unearthed a remarkably preserved fossil snake in Brazil that is reshaping ideas about how the earliest snakes lived and complicating the long-running debate over whether their ancestors burrowed underground, swam in the sea or crawled the surface. The post Did Early Snakes Burrow, Swim or Crawl? 80‑Million‑Year‑Old Fossil Suggests: All Three appeared first on Sci.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."
}