Chimpanzees Shed New Light on Hand Preference 519
An anonymous reader writes "'Language skills are associated with the left side of the brain, and many scientists have said early humans developed a preference for their right hands when they acquired speech,' but Emory University's Yerkes National Primate Research Center has a new study that links hand preference to the motor skills area of the brain rather than the language part of the brain. 'That means lefties have probably been around much longer than believed -- at least 5 million years, when scientists say humans and apes branched on the primate family tree. And evolution has purposely kept them.'"
Hand preference...heh (Score:1, Funny)
Re:!tsop dednah tfet tsriF (Score:0, Funny)
From the its-bloody-obvious-department (Score:5, Funny)
So, essentially what they've proven is that the motor skills part of the brain may effect the development of our motor skills?
Man, I can't wait until I get my Ph.D.! This research scientist stuff is going to be a piece of cake!
I for one welcome our new left-handed overlords (Score:5, Funny)
*extends left hand*
Evolution wants to be anthropomorphised? (Score:3, Funny)
*In case there are any Americans reading, so as not to offend I'll include the standard disclaimer that evolution is just a theory and it's equally likely we were created out of mud 6000 years ago and fossils are the result of God's sense of humour.
Re:dude, read the bible (Score:4, Funny)
Re:!tsop dednah tfet tsriF (Score:0, Funny)
Denial is the first sign...
Obligatory Simpsons Reference (Score:1, Funny)
Jimmy: Uhh, Mr. McClure? I have a crazy friend who says its wrong to eat meat. Is he crazy?
Troy: Nooo, just ignorant. You see your crazy friend never heard of "The Food Chain". [Flash to a picture of "Food Chain", with all animals and arrows pointing to a silhouette of a human.] Just ask this scientician.
Scientician: [Looking up from a microscope.] Uhhh...
http://www.snpp.com/episodes/3F03.html
Poor lefty chimps... (Score:2, Funny)
"Chimpanzees Shed New Light..." (Score:3, Funny)
D.
It's a preference, and is condemned in the Bible (Score:5, Funny)
Order a copy of "What Liberals Don't Want You to Know about the Left Handed Agenda", by Salvation Publications, for only $99.99. Comes with guaranteed promise of Heaven and a free shotgun.
Re:"Chimpanzees Shed New Light..." (Score:3, Funny)
This is great news! (Score:3, Funny)
Thank you, science monkey!
Re:I for one welcome our new left-handed overlords (Score:1, Funny)
Re:i am left handed and yes... (Score:5, Funny)
What about ambidextrous? (Score:3, Funny)
It's fun to be writing something in front of someone who doesn't know, and switch hands and continue perfectly. The look on their faces is priceless
Re:Prologs programmers are left-handed? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:... evolution has purposely kept them ... (Score:2, Funny)
Most FPS games now have the option to make your character left or right handed when it's using an ae or something, so it's no more a surprise
Re:!tsop dednah tfet tsriF (Score:4, Funny)
It's a lot harder to run with left-handed scissors than the general populace realizes.
Re:i am left handed and yes... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:!tsop dednah tfet tsriF (Score:1, Funny)
Re:What about ambidextrous? (Score:1, Funny)
MENSA, indeed.
Re:... evolution has purposely kept them ... (Score:5, Funny)
"Thank you; I've worked hard to become so. "
"I admit it, you are better than I am."
"Then why are you smiling? "
"Because I know something you don't know."
"And what is that? "
"I... am not left-handed!"
[...]
"You are amazing."
"I ought to be, after 20 years."
"Oh, there's something I ought to tell you."
"Tell me."
"I'm not left-handed either!"
Re:... evolution has purposely kept them ... (Score:5, Funny)
In Unreal 2004, you can choose one of three positions -- left, right, or middle.
However, the game manual does not explain what body part you use to hold the weapon if you choose the "middle" position.
Re:... evolution has purposely kept them ... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:!tsop dednah tfet tsriF (Score:1, Funny)