Earliest animal with a head was also the oldest known ‘righty’
A 550-million-year-old fossil may represent the earliest animal with a head and the first evidence of right-handedness in the animal kingdom.
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A 550-million-year-old fossil may represent the earliest animal with a head and the first evidence of right-handedness in the animal kingdom.
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