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Handedness: Neutral or adaptive?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2003

Charlotte Faurie  and
Michel Raymond
Charlotte Faurie*
Affiliation:
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Université Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France http://www.isem.univ-montp2.fr/GE/Adaptation/FaurieHome.php
Michel Raymond*
Affiliation:
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Université Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France http://www.isem.univ-montp2.fr/GE/Adaptation/FaurieHome.php
*
faurie@isem.univ-montp2.fr
raymond@isem.univ-montp2.fr
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Abstract:

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Corballis seems to have not considered two points: (1) the importance of direct selection pressures for the evolution of handedness; and (2) the evolutionary significance of the polymorphism of handedness. We provide arguments for the need to explain handedness in terms of adaptation and natural selection.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , April 2003 , pp. 220
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003