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We're talking hands, and that's no jive, as PopSci Editor Sarah Durn and Editor-in-Chief Annie Colbert gesture wildly through a conversation about why roughly 90% of humans have right-hand dominance. Also a special conversation with archaeologist Dr. Anna Goldfield about right and left-handedness in humanity's ancient ancestors.
Read the Popular Science story that inspired the episode: https://www.popsci.com/science/why-are-most-people-right-handed/
If you have a question for a future episode, go to https://popsci.com/ask
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We're talking hands, and that's no jive, as PopSci Editor Sarah Durn and Editor-in-Chief Annie Colbert gesture wildly through a conversation about why roughly 90% of humans have right-hand dominance. Also a special conversation with archaeologist Dr. Anna Goldfield about right and left-handedness in humanity's ancient ancestors.
Read the Popular Science story that inspired the episode: https://www.popsci.com/science/why-are-most-people-right-handed/
If you have a question for a future episode, go to https://popsci.com/ask
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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