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I've done so in this case suggesting the subhead, slightly edited, as "Marine worms made at least some trace fossil burrows called Bifungites" (71 characters).
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 39.9 ms ] threadThe new findings suggest these worms belong to a group called Annulitubus.
I've done so in this case suggesting the subhead, slightly edited, as "Marine worms made at least some trace fossil burrows called Bifungites" (71 characters).
Contrary to popular belief, HN does permit title substitution, though it strongly prefers text from an alternate title or article text. See dang's guidance, e.g.:
<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39508321>
<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14833599>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_Species
I would've gone with 1987 though.
https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/09/us/new-evidence-in-demise...
Year-editing is A Thing, and misleading comments ... confuse that.