Earliest Evidence of Right-Handedness Found - Neuroscience News Earliest Evidence of Right-Handedness Found Featured Neuroscience · July 10, 2026 Summary: An international team of paleontologists has uncovered the earliest known evidence of “handedness” in the animal kingdom. By analyzing over 100 exceptionally preserv...
Key Takeaways
- By analyzing over 100 exceptionally preserved fossils of the Ediacaran organism Spriggina floundersi
- Population displayed a systematic behavioral bias toward rightward lateralization
- Scott Evans points out that this rightward bias indicates Spriggina likely possessed a far more advanced