Scientists examined a 165-million-year-old fossil from China and found a broad swimming tail plus bony th
📍 The outcome
{ "epilogue": "Following the initial examination of a 165-million-year-old fossil from China, coverage expanded to include discoveries about the specimen's semi-aquatic otter-like traits, chewing abilities, and the ancient origins of mammalian suckling and brain evolution. The story ultimately quieted without a definitive conclusion in the coverage." }
Epilogue added 55m ago, after coverage quieted.
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