Shedding light on southpaws: Sports data help confirm theory explaining left-handed minority in general population

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 13:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Lefties have always been a bit of a puzzle. Representing only 10 percent of the general human population, left-handers have been viewed with suspicion and persecuted across history. The word "sinister" even derives from "left or left-hand."

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