Why are some people left-handed? An evolutionary perspective

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1519, 2009, Pages 881-894

  Llaurens, V ^a   Raymond, M ^a   Faurie, C ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Handedness; Human; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; HORMONE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; POLYMORPHISM;

ATTITUDE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FATHER; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WRITING;

ATTITUDE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; EVOLUTION; FATHERS; FEMALE; FETUS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WRITING;

EID: 65649146458     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0235     Document Type: Review

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