Earliest evidence in fossil record for right-handedness

Friday, October 21, 2016 - 09:31 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Perhaps the bias against left-handers dates back much further than we thought. By examining striations on teeth of a Homo habilis fossil, researchers have found the earliest evidence for right-handedness in the fossil record dating back 1.8 million years.

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