These Animals Were Righties Long Before Hands Even Evolved
Scientists have discovered that the earliest known animal with a head exhibited right-handed behavior.
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What is the Spriggina floundersi?
The Spriggina floundersi is an ancient worm-like creature from the Ediacaran period, identified as the oldest known right-handed animal.
What does this discovery reveal about animal behavior?
This discovery reveals that behavioral handedness, specifically right-handedness, existed in animals long before the evolution of hands.
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Coverage of this story is present in CNN, Phys.org, CP24, New Scientist, Nature, and The New York Times.
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A recent study has identified the Spriggina floundersi, a worm-like creature from the Ediacaran period, as the oldest known right-handed animal. This discovery pushes back the evidence of behavioral handedness by hundreds of millions of years.
Coverage from CNN, Phys.org, CP24, New Scientist, Nature, and The New York Times emphasizes the significance of this finding in understanding the evolution of animal behavior. The fossil, Spriggina floundersi, is highlighted as a key specimen in this research.
Researchers will likely continue to analyze the Spriggina floundersi fossil and similar specimens to gain further insights into early animal behavior and evolution.
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The reporting (8)
- Earliest animal with a head was also the oldest known ‘righty’ CNN · 46d ago
- Ancient fossil may reveal animal kingdom's earliest right-handedness at 550 million years old Phys.org · 46d ago
- Earliest animal with a head was also the oldest known ‘righty’ CNN · 46d ago
- This worm-like ancient creature may be the oldest right-handed animal CP24 · 46d ago
- Spriggina floundersi fossil (IMAGE) EurekAlert! · 46d ago
- A worm that lived half a billion years ago preferred turning right New Scientist · 46d ago
- Earliest evidence of behavioural handedness in the Ediacaran motile bilaterian Spriggina floundersi Nature · 46d ago
- These Animals Were Righties Long Before Hands Even Evolved The New York Times · 46d ago
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