Study: Most Wild Chimps Are Southpaws

[tocqueville]

By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer
2 hours, 7 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - When it comes to fishing tasty termites out of their mounds, wild chimpanzees don't have the right stuff. Most, in fact, are southpaws. A three-year study of 17 wild chimps in Gombe National Park, Tanzania, found that 12 of them used their left hands when using sticks to probe for termites.

Four were right-handed and one was listed as ambiguously handed.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050815/ap_on_sc/southpaw_chimps

[sniffa]

1. i've found the the the rare chimp

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. Heh heh..... he throws like a girl..... nt.

[YOY]

3. We were most likely the same before the bronze age

Pretend you are a Greek phalanx/Chinese conscript/Aztec warrior/Nubian spear man/whatever

You have a spear and a shield.

Which hand do you hold your spear? Which hand do you hold your shield?

Southpaws will notice that their heart/lungs are exposed. That's why there are less of you. Nothing to do with superiority/inferiority.

Shhhhh...Don't tell the creationists. Genetics are a myth! :sarcasm: