These Animals Were Righties Long Before Hands Even Evolved
5 news sources are covering this Science story right now — PULSE is tracking how fast it spreads.
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The brief
"These Animals Were Righties Long Before Hands Even Evolved" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 6 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include CNN, Phys.org, New Scientist and Nature. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 1h ago.
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Coverage (6)
- Earliest animal with a head was also the oldest known ‘righty’ CNN · 11h ago
- Ancient fossil may reveal animal kingdom's earliest right-handedness at 550 million years old Phys.org · 11h ago
- A worm that lived half a billion years ago preferred turning right New Scientist · 11h ago
- Earliest evidence of behavioural handedness in the Ediacaran motile bilaterian Spriggina floundersi Nature · 11h ago
- Earliest animal with a head was also the oldest known ‘righty’ CNN · 11h ago
- These Animals Were Righties Long Before Hands Even Evolved The New York Times · 11h ago
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