{
  "id": 7811769,
  "title": "Half-billion-year-old fossils rewrite the origin story of starfish",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/half-billion-year-old-fossils-rewrite-the-origin-story-of-starfish",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-16T15:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-billion-year-fossils-rewrite-story.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Scientists have discovered several 518-million-year-old fossils that reshape understanding of the origins of the animal group containing starfish. The fossils show that these animals ate using tentacles rather than passively using their gills, as previously thought.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}