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dc.contributor.authorVolpato, Virginie
dc.contributor.authorMacchiarelli, Roberto
dc.contributor.authorGuatelli-Steinberg, Debbie
dc.contributor.authorFiore, Ivana
dc.contributor.authorBondioli, Luca
dc.contributor.authorFrayer, David W.
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-20T16:27:01Z
dc.date.available2014-03-20T16:27:01Z
dc.date.issued2012-08-22
dc.identifier.citationVolpato, V., Macchiarelli, R., Guatelli-Steinberg, D., Fiore, I., Bondioli, L., & Frayer, D. W. (2012). Hand to Mouth in a Neandertal: Right-Handedness in Regourdou 1. PLoS ONE, 7(8). http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043949
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/13299
dc.description.abstractWe describe and analyze a Neandertal postcranial skeleton and dentition, which together show unambiguous signs of right-handedness. Asymmetries between the left and right upper arm in Regourdou 1 were identified nearly 20 years ago, then confirmed by more detailed analyses of the inner bone structure for the clavicle, humerus, radius and ulna. The total pattern of all bones in the shoulder and arm reveals that Regourdou 1 was a right-hander. Confirmatory evidence comes from the mandibular incisors, which display a distinct pattern of right oblique scratches, typical of right-handed manipulations performed at the front of the mouth. Regourdou's right handedness is consistent with the strong pattern of manual lateralization in Neandertals and further confirms a modern pattern of left brain dominance, presumably signally linguistic competence. These observations along with cultural, genetic and morphological evidence indicate language competence in Neandertals and their European precursors.
dc.description.sponsorshipThe TNT European project, French CNRS, Région Poitou-Charentes, Nespos Society, and Leakey Foundation provided financial support.
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science
dc.rights©Volpato et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectAsymmetry
dc.subjectDentition
dc.subjectHumerus
dc.subjectIncisors
dc.subjectLanguage
dc.subjectPaleoanthropology
dc.subjectSkeleton
dc.subjectTeeth
dc.titleHand to Mouth in a Neandertal: Right-Handedness in Regourdou 1
dc.typeArticle
kusw.kuauthorFrayer, David F.
kusw.kudepartmentDepartment of Anthroplogy
kusw.oastatusfullparticipation
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0043949
dc.subject.urihttp://id.worldcat.org/fast/819863 l l http://id.worldcat.org/fast/819864 l l http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1746591
dc.subject.urihttp://id.worldcat.org/fast/890746
dc.subject.urihttp://id.worldcat.org/fast/963674
dc.subject.urihttp://id.worldcat.org/fast/968611
dc.subject.urihttp://id.worldcat.org/fast/1051317
dc.subject.urihttp://id.worldcat.org/fast/1119932
dc.subject.urihttp://id.worldcat.org/fast/1145710
dc.subject.fastAsymmetry (Chemistry) l l Asymmetry (Linguistics) l l Information asymmetry
dc.subject.fastDentition
dc.subject.fastHumerus
dc.subject.fastIncisors
dc.subject.fastPaleoanthropology
dc.subject.fastSkeleton
dc.subject.fastTeeth
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher version
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