Most Neanderthals Were Right-Handed Like Us

Live Science ^ | 8-24-2012 | Megan Gannon

[Renfield]

Right-handed humans vastly outnumber lefties by a ratio of about nine to one, and the same may have been true for Neanderthals. Researchers say right-hand dominance in the extinct species suggests that, like humans, they also had the capacity for language.

A new analysis of the skeleton of a 20-something Neanderthal man confirms that he was a righty like most of his European caveman cousins whose remains have been studied by scientists (16 of 18 specimens). Dubbed "Regourdou," the skeleton was discovered in 1957 in France, not far from the famous network of caves at Lascaux....

[SunkenCiv]

My left-handed sister had a good teacher (not everyone in our school system did), she uses the technique you describe, and has done so without problems for over fifty years. :’) Older folks and other folks (including a retired teacher who was an older family member) had told my parents to teach her to switch to right-handed, they didn’t fall for it. (’:

[SunkenCiv]

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Thanks Renfield. The Neandertal Enigma by James Shreeve in local libraries "Frayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127] To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.

[null and void]

Morality aside, one has to admit becoming POTUS is a measure of success on one’s life.

For centuries we've told our children anyone can grow up to become president.

Obama proved it...

[ElkGroveDan]

Any time I see someone writing with their left hand it looks so ridiculous.

It looks so.... gauche.

[Grimmy]

Pretty much proves that us lefties are the more evolved humans.

Actually, I think a theory needs to be researched that proves that right-handedism is a genetic holdover from pre homo-sapiens.

What percent of a gov research grant does the researcher get to claim as his pay? I’m wanting to get a new Lamborghini. How much should I say this research is gonna cost?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

writing with your left hand makes absolutely no sense since you can’t see what you’re writing.

Why do you need to see what you are writing? Don't you know what you are writing?

I am right handed but I never look to see what I am writing. I know what I am writing. If you are watching your hand and have to read what you are writing to know what you are writing then you were probably not taught properly.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

I don’t know to whom of you I should respond first, so I will just write my thoughts on t he comments I see on this thread and address to each of you…if the shoe fits, wear it.
First of all, these ‘scientists’ are presumptuous to assume that they can know whether these ‘Neandrathrals’ were either right handed or left handed. But that is to be expected of pseudo scientists.

As a true scientist, I can say unabashedly that only the few, most intelligent of the homo sapiens are left handed. And as libertarian27 posted, ‘everyone is born right handed; only the greatest overcome it…

And again, libertarian27 posted, ‘Only LEFT-HANDED people are in their RIGHT minds’.

I am left handed. I see what I write as I right it, just as a LEFT minded person does when they write with their wrong hand. Teachers who don’t know better are responsible for the kind of LEFT HANDED writing referred to in one of the posts. And I would wager I write more legibly that most of you out there who are so proud of being wrong handed.

When I shoot a pistol, I can handle and shoot it accurately and well with either hand dominant. How many of you wrong handed people out there can say that?

When I play golf, I stand on the right side of the ball.

Teachers who tried to make wrong handers out of left handers were totally incorrect and damaged many of those in doing so.

And there is nothing more ridiculous than a prejudiced wrong hander, such as you who thinks ‘Any time I see someone writing with their left hand it looks so ridiculous.’

A few years ago, the three ‘most intelligent’ men in this country were running for President…and all three were LEFT handed. Now, some of you may not agree regarding their intelligence, but they were all very successful men in other ventures, either in politics or in business or both, and they were all candidates for the highest office in this land…an office to which most of you reading this will never aspire.

The wrong handed people of this world can only tolerate a few highly intelligent members of our species, which is why there are only a few of us who are left handed.

[gleeaikin]

For years lefties were forced or shamed into trying to write with their right hands. I think that educators finally decided there were signs this was unhealthy. I don’t know what the signs were. I am left eyed and somewhat ambidextrous so I wonder if I was pushed to use my right hand. I know that my penmanship is not the greatest.

[gleeaikin]

I think the figure is 15% lefties which would be a little less than 1 in 6.

[libertarian27]

The wrong handed people of this world can only tolerate a few highly intelligent members of our species, which is why there are only a few of us who are left handed.

Right On ~ Right On !!!
LOL

I've read that left-handed stroke victims recover quicker because they use both sides of their brain more so than the right handed population - also use both sides of their body and can compensate for side loss.

I've adapted to a right-handed society, doing many things right-handed - but can also do them left-handed (ie, raking, shoveling snow, construction tasks-hammer, etc.)Most sports I perform right handed, it was the way I was taught...shooting however, later in life, I was shown both ways - I could be a gun slinger :>)

I will propose that right-handed people should practice different tasks using their left hand - get those juices flowing on the right side of their brain.

It's time for them to Evolve ~ :)

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

“It’s time for them to Evolve ~ :)”

Ha, Ha...Yes, time for them, the wrong handed ‘right’ handers to complete the transition from Neanderthalism!

Now, all that being said, I do not believe there is any evolutionary connectivity between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens (humans). They died in the first flood, pre Genesis. Adam was a new creation.

[colorado tanker]

Wow, was this thread every hijacked. :-))

[Cvengr]

Left handed writers are so brilliant that we are able to type on right handed QWERTY keyboards on a whim! ;^)

[Cvengr]

Try typing that on a YTREWQ keyboard....;^)

[SunkenCiv]

:’) Brain lateralization problems.