The Right Hand: Left-Handedness (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108053068)

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.

Author: Daniel Wilson
ISBN-10: 1108053068
ISBN-13: 9781108053068
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/11/2012
Pages: 234
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.53d