The Archaeology of Handedness, or, how evolution hates lefties! - Ep 222

Chris, one of the hosts, is a lefty. He’s always had to deal with what that means. But, why are 85% of humans right-handed while only a disproportionate few are left-handed? It’s not fair! But, it is evolutionary. On today’s episode we talk about how we know when handedness in humans likely developed and why it was the right side that became dominant. Segment two features an interview for Lana Ruck, an archaeologist that studied handedness for her Master’s research.

Links

• The prehistory of handedness: Archaeological data and comparative ethology
• Ancient Humans Were Mostly Right-Handed, Too
• Archaeology discovery: Neanderthals' 'third hand' solves mystery behind left-handedness
• EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND HOMINID EVOLUTION: ESTABLISHING A METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINING HANDEDNESS IN LITHIC MATERIALS AS A PROXY FOR COGNITIVE EVOLUTION - Lana Ruck Master’s Thesis

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