The evolution and biological correlates of hand preferences in anthropoid primates
K. R. Caspar, F. Pallasdies, L. Mader, H. Sartorelli, S. Begall
This study analyzes hand preference data across 38 primate species to test evolutionary hypotheses about handedness, finding that human right-handedness is extreme and that hand preference strength varies with ecology and phylogeny.
bioRxiv · Dec 30, 2021Animal Behavior & Cognition