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Ancient Worm's Preference for Turning Right
Fossils of Spriggina floundersi, dating back half a billion years, show evidence of animals favoring one side over the other. This discovery provides insight into early nervous system development.
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New Scientist
Fossils of Spriggina floundersi provide the earliest evidence of animals favouring one side of the body over the other – a feature of nervous systems that we see in our own right- and left-handedness
2026-07-09 10:32 UTC