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French Student Looks For Lefties Among Earliest Cave Painters
The State.com ^
| 12-9-2003
| Alexandra Witze
Posted on 12/10/2003 1:04:23 PM PST by blam
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posted on
12/10/2003 1:04:24 PM PST
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blam
To: farmfriend
Ping.
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posted on
12/10/2003 1:08:36 PM PST
by
blam
To: blam
For class reading. Thanks.
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posted on
12/10/2003 1:09:03 PM PST
by
Van Jenerette
(Our Republic...if we can keep it!)
To: blam
We left handed people are the only ones in our right mind
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posted on
12/10/2003 1:15:27 PM PST
by
sticker
To: blam
What I want to know is what causes left-handedness, and why in such a low percentage?
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posted on
12/10/2003 1:16:23 PM PST
by
UCANSEE2
("Duty is ours, Results are God's" --John Quincy Adams)
To: UCANSEE2
Nature seems to favor the clock-wise rotation over counter-clockwise.
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posted on
12/10/2003 1:27:44 PM PST
by
ffusco
(Maecilius Fuscus,Governor of Longovicium , Manchester, England. 238-244 AD)
To: blam; *Gods, Graves, Glyphs; abner; Alas Babylon!; Andyman; annyokie; bd476; BiffWondercat; ...
Gods, Graves, Glyphs List for articles regarding early civilizations , life of all forms, - dinosaurs - etc.
Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from this ping list.
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posted on
12/10/2003 1:42:13 PM PST
by
farmfriend
( Isaiah 55:10,11)
To: sticker; farmfriend; blam
This scientific data should qualify southpaws as a minority and, as such, qualify for subsidies. Any civil rights lawyers here?
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posted on
12/10/2003 1:58:58 PM PST
by
Lady Jag
(Googolplex Star Thinker of the Seventh Galaxy of Light and Ingenuity)
To: UCANSEE2; sticker
What I want to know is what causes left-handedness, and why in such a low percentage?See post #4.
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posted on
12/10/2003 2:00:52 PM PST
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Lady Jag
(Googolplex Star Thinker of the Seventh Galaxy of Light and Ingenuity)
To: UCANSEE2
what causes left-handedness I did not know until age 10, but I am left-handed. But not exclusively. Small-motor control is better in the left. I believe it is genetically caused. Runs in the family.
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posted on
12/10/2003 2:04:16 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(Close your tag lines)
To: RightWhale
Yup. I'm left handed. And left footed. I kick with my left foot much better than my right. The two hemispheres of the brain control the different sides of the body. The left hemisphere controls the right side, and the right hemisphere controls the left side. That's why they say left handed people are in their "right" minds. Some also say that the left hemisphere controls logic and mathematic skills, while the right hemisphere controls verbal skills and artistic expression.
To: blam
New research shows that the frequency of left-handed painters — 23 percent — is the same today as it was back then.I don't think this percentage holds up in the general population.
I think it is in the 10% range in general.
If it is as high as 23%, I'm going to start raising he@@ for more left-handed appliances, tools, SCISSORS, etc.
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posted on
12/10/2003 2:31:01 PM PST
by
Vinnie
To: Alas Babylon!
Wonder why there are so few of us?
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posted on
12/10/2003 2:34:49 PM PST
by
Ff--150
(that we through His poverty might be rich)
To: blam
Man, I had visions of commie cavemen in my head after reading that title.
To: UCANSEE2; ffusco
What I want to know is what causes left-handedness, and why in such a low percentage? Nature seems to favor the clock-wise rotation over counter-clockwise.
Actually, I read a few years ago that, as far as they can determine "handedness" among animals, it seems to break down 50-50 between left and right. The discrepancy among humans is anomalous.
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posted on
12/11/2003 12:22:40 AM PST
by
maryz
To: sciencediet
"What I want to know is what causes left-handedness, and why in such a low percentage?"
The reason it is such a low percentage is very simple: prefection rarely occurs
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posted on
12/11/2003 5:30:19 AM PST
by
sticker
To: Prof Engineer
ping
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posted on
12/11/2003 7:30:59 AM PST
by
msdrby
(US Veterans: All give some, but some give all.)
To: maryz
It's probably a cultural thing. For centuries left-handedness was considered "sinister". Lefties are still encouraged to be somewhat ambidextrous, tool makers also favor the right-handed design.
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posted on
12/11/2003 8:53:57 AM PST
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ffusco
(Maecilius Fuscus,Governor of Longovicium , Manchester, England. 238-244 AD)
To: sticker
"What I want to know is what causes left-handedness, and why in such a low percentage?" The reason it is such a low percentage is very simple: prefection rarely occurs So, you must be lefthanded, too. I don't know who asked that question but in case someone asks me, I'm giving them your answer, okay?
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posted on
12/11/2003 9:00:36 AM PST
by
Lady Jag
(Googolplex Star Thinker of the Seventh Galaxy of Light and Ingenuity)
To: sciencediet
Yes, I am lefthanded and proud(it's the only thing I am left about). Please, feel free to use my answer.
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posted on
12/11/2003 10:47:18 AM PST
by
sticker
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