Right-handedness may have come first: Evidence from studies in human infants and nonhuman primates

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 26 (2):217-218 (2003)
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Abstract

Recent studies with human infants and nonhuman primates reveal that posture interacts with the expression and stability of handedness. Converging results demonstrate that quadrupedal locomotion hinders the expression of handedness, whereas bipedal posture enhances preferred hand use. From an evolutionary perspective, these findings suggest that right-handedness may have emerged first, following the adoption of bipedal locomotion, with speech emerging later.

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