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The original paper is titled "Bipedalism and brain expansion explain human handedness". It doesn't seek to explain why we have a right-handed preference specifically (vs left-handed), but rather why humans have such a strong handedness preference compared to ancestors who had only a mild right-handed preference.

IOW, why handed vs ambidextrous, not so much why left-handed vs right-handed.

parent js2 5 months ago

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