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From: gam@amdahl.UUCP (G A Moffett)
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Subject: Re: Results of handedness survey
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Date: Sat, 16-Mar-85 22:24:42 EST
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> > <*munch*>
> > 
> > => The interesting thing this guy said was that animals too had right/left
> > => tendancies and the proportion was the same as humans, I suppose this make
> > => sense in some physiological way.  This probably only applies to mammals
> > => I would think - does anybody have any ideas ?

"this guy" is wrong.  Non-human animals as a whole and within species
have an even distribution of "handedness", if there is any preference
at all (they usually don't have a preferred side).

I again point readers interested in this topic to seek out the
book "Lefties: The Origins and Consequences of Lefthandedness",
by Jack Fincher (Perigee Books, 1977).  It has a wealth of information
on the subject of handedness (far better than the laymen explanations
and surveys on this network have provided).
-- 
Gordon A. Moffett		...!{ihnp4,hplabs,sun}!amdahl!gam