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Author:   Editorial Staff of Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ,  Wulf Schiefenhovel ,  Linda F. Merchant ,  Editorial Staff of Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 17.90cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 25.50cm
Weight:   0.354kg
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9781573319027

ISBN 10:   1573319023
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   23 August 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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v Introduction to The Evolution of Human Handedness William C. McGrew, Wulf Schiefenhövel, and Linda F. Marchant Comparative 1 Handedness is more than laterality: lessons from chimpanzees Linda F. Marchant and William C. McGrew 9 Laterality in the gestural communication of wild chimpanzees Catherine Hobaiter and Richard W. Byrne 17 Neuroanatomical asymmetries and handedness in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): a case for continuity in the evolution of hemispheric specialization William D. Hopkins Substrates 36 The protocadherin 11X/Y (PCDH11X/Y) gene pair as determinant of cerebral asymmetry in modern Homo sapiens Thomas H. Priddle and Timothy J. Crow 48 Multilocus genetic models of handedness closely resemble single-locus models in explaining family data and are compatible with genome-wide association studies J.C. McManus, Angus Davison, and John A. L. Armour 59 Laterality and the evolution of the prefronto-cerebellar system in anthropoids Jeroen B. Smaers, James Steele, Charleen R. Case, and Katrin Amunts Human evolution 70 Primate laterality and the biology and evolution of human handedness: a review and synthesis W. Tecumseh Fitch and Stephanie N. Braccini 86 Skeletal evidence for variable patterns of handedness in chimpanzees, human hunter-gatherers, and recent British populations Jay T. Stock, Meghan K. Shirley, Lauren A. Sarringhaus, Tom G. Davies, and Colin N. Shaw 100 The fighting hypothesis in combat: how well does the fighting hypothesis explain human left-handed minorities? Ton G.G. Groothuis, I.C. McManus, Sara M. Schaafsma, and Reint H. Geuze 110 The fighting hypothesis as an evolutionary explanation for the handedness polymorphism in humans: where are we? Charlotte Faurie and Michel Raymond Modern Humans 114 The nature and nurture of human infant hand preference Jacqueline Fagard 124 Laterality of handgrip strength: age- and physical training-related changes in Lithuanian schoolchildren and conscripts Janina Tutkuviene and Wulf Schiefenhövel 135 Biased semantics for right and left in 50 Indo-European and non-Indo-European languages Wulf Schiefenhövel

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Dr. William C. McGrew, Professor of Evolutionary Primatology, University of Cambridge - Biological Anthropology. Professor Dr. Wulf Schiefenhovel, Max-Planck-Society - Humanethology. Professor Linda F. Merchant, Department of Anthropology, Miami University.

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