The Right Hand
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Anthropology
ISBN-10
1108053068
ISBN-13
9781108053068
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 11th, 2012
Print length
234 Pages
Weight
308 grams
Dimensions
13.80 x 21.70 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnographySocial and cultural anthropology
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As a left-hander, the archaeologist and anthropologist Daniel Wilson (1816–92) was interested to discover as many left-handed Stone Age implements as right. In 1891 he published the results of his studies of left-handedness, which he concludes is hereditary and relates to the dominance of one hemisphere of the brain.
Throughout history, left-handedness has been viewed as being the mark of the devil, as evidence of mental retardation or neurosis, as showing a predisposition to criminality, or as being linked to every perceived social ill. Even into the nineteenth century, many scientists were of the opinion that left-handedness was the sign of a sinister personality. An eminent ethnologist and one of the first scientific archaeologists, Daniel Wilson (1816–92), who introduced into English the word 'prehistoric', became aware of the fact that there were as many left-handed Stone Age implements as right. As a left-hander himself, he was fascinated by these discoveries. Published in 1891, his last major work gives the results of his studies of left-handedness, which he concludes is hereditary and relates to the dominance of one hemisphere of the brain.
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