Handedness in a nonindustrial society challenges the fighting hypothesis as an evolutionary explanation for left-handedness

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 94-99

  Schaafsma, Sara M ^a   Geuze, Reint H ^a   Riedstra, Bernd ^a   Schiefenhövel, Wulf ^b   Bouma, Anke ^a   Groothuis, Ton G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolution; Frequency dependent selection; Human; Lateralization; Papua; Western society

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857031429     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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