Myths of first cause and asymmetries in human evolution
Behavioral and Brain Sciences 26 (2):208-209 (2003)
| Abstract | The causes of asymmetries for handedness and cerebral speech are of scientific interest, but is it sensible to try to determine which of these came first? I argue that (1) first causes belong to mythology, not science; (2) much of the cited evidence is weak; and (3) the treatment of individual differences is inadequate in comparison with the right shift theory. | |||||||||
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