title: The dangers of ambidexterity: the origins of handedness.
abstract: Handedness remains an enigmatic phenomenon. There is no definitive explanation as to why man should have single rather than dual handedness. Intuitively it would seem advantageous in almost every context to have the benefit of equally dextrous hands. Either in context of warfare or hunting, using two hands equally as effectively would appear to be a favourable adaptation over single dexterity. No satisfactory explanation has been offered as to why and how single-handedness evolved.
authors: ofuzoigwe@yahoo.co.uk
authors: Ossie Ferdinand
authors: OF
authors: Uzoigwe
mesh_terms: D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical