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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about why humans are mostly right handed
Links:
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003771
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7616222/pdf/biology-13-00502.pdf
Other videos: youtube.com/watch?v=-qReEt7vjHA
#handedness #righthanded #biology
0:00 Righty or lefty? Animal kingdom rule
1:45 Why humans are kind of unique - the 90%
2:50 New study answers why it's usually right
5:50 How this compares to other cousins
6:40 One exception
8:00 So it's all about efficiency
8:50 What about other animals?
11:02 ...and plants?
12:40 So it's genetic...maybe?
13:30 What about lefties? The Fighting Hypothesis
15:30 Conclusions and summary
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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about why humans are mostly right handed
Links:
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003771
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7616222/pdf/biology-13-00502.pdf
Other videos: youtube.com/watch?v=-qReEt7vjHA
#handedness #righthanded #biology
0:00 Righty or lefty? Animal kingdom rule
1:45 Why humans are kind of unique - the 90%
2:50 New study answers why it's usually right
5:50 How this compares to other cousins
6:40 One exception
8:00 So it's all about efficiency
8:50 What about other animals?
11:02 ...and plants?
12:40 So it's genetic...maybe?
13:30 What about lefties? The Fighting Hypothesis
15:30 Conclusions and summary
Enjoy and please subscribe
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Credit:
Mark Garlick markgarlick.com
neanderthal.de/de/urmenschen.html
van Noortwijk CC BY SA 4.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_floresiensis#/media/File:Comparação_do_marabu-gigante_com_Homo_floresiensis.png
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