550-million-year-old fossil reveals earliest known animal with a head was also the first 'righty'
Research on Spriggina floundersi fossils found the wormlike creatures favored their right sides, a behavioral preference in modern animals that are right-handed.
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By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — If you happen to be right-handed, you may be able to trace the origins of that trait to a wormlike animal t
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Right-handed? If so, you may have that in common with an ancient wormlike sea creature that is the earliest known animal with a head, accord
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