Insects of 500 Million Years Ago: Why They Preferred Turning Right
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This creature is the oldest proof of a species that, for the most part, was “trained”
A worm that lived half a billion years ago preferred turning right
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
Insects of 500 Million Years Ago: Why They Preferred Turning Right
The right-turned Spriggina floundersi insect is preserved as a left-turned fossil. Photo Credit: Scott Evans/AMNH The 555-million-year-old worm, known as Spriggina floundersi, showcases a tendency to turn to the right, potentially providing evidence of the earliest known example of handedness. Although these ancient organisms lacked limbs, which would prevent them from being classified as left- [...] The post Insects of 500 Million Years Ago: Wh…
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