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Joel Kontinen
”Primates living on the ground with a tendency for
right-handedness, but findings from urban langurs in India cast doubt on the
idea.”
“Monkeys that adopted an urban lifestyle in India are
mostly left-handed – in contrast to humans and other primates that live on the
ground.
The findings clash with long-standing claims that
primates that come down from the trees generally evolve a tendency to be
right-handed, raising questions about what really drives this trait.”
This is based on evolution, as many people think that
animals are our ancestors. But this study refutes it.
Source:
Christa
Lesté-Lasserre. 2024. Left-handed monkeys prompt rethink about evolution of right-handedness | New Scientist 5 April.
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