{
  "id": 752655,
  "title": "A 236-million-year-old fossil challenges the story of mammalian live birth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/a-236-million-year-old-fossil-challenges-the-story-of-mammalian-live",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-13T04:00:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-million-year-fossil-story-mammalian.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Some cynodonts may have been giving birth to live young much sooner in evolutionary history than previously assumed. A new Frontiers in Mammal Science study has offered the first compelling evidence that cynodonts may have been viviparous—a reproductive mode characterized by live birth.",
  "key_points": [],
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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."
}