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Ontogenetic constraints on the evolution of right-handedness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2003

George F. Michel
George F. Michel*
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, DePaul University, Chicago, IL 60614-3504 http://condor.depaul.edu/~gmichel
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gmichel@depaul.edu
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Ontogenetic factors constrain the evolution of species-typical traits. Because human infants are born “prematurely” relative to other primates, the development of handedness during infancy can reveal important ontogenetic influences on handedness that may have contributed to the evolution of the human species-typical trait of a population-level right-hand dominance.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , April 2003, pp. 234 - 235
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003