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

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.

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

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