Throughout history, left-handedness has been viewed as being the mark of the devil, as evidence of mental retardation or neurosis, as showing a predisposition to criminality, or as being linked to every perceived social ill. Even into the nineteenth century, many scientists were of the opinion that left-handedness was the sign of a sinister personality. An eminent ethnologist and one of the first scientific archaeologists, Daniel Wilson (1816-92), who introduced into English the word 'prehistoric', became aware of the fact ...
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Throughout history, left-handedness has been viewed as being the mark of the devil, as evidence of mental retardation or neurosis, as showing a predisposition to criminality, or as being linked to every perceived social ill. Even into the nineteenth century, many scientists were of the opinion that left-handedness was the sign of a sinister personality. An eminent ethnologist and one of the first scientific archaeologists, Daniel Wilson (1816-92), who introduced into English the word 'prehistoric', became aware of the fact that there were as many left-handed Stone Age implements as right. As a left-hander himself, he was fascinated by these discoveries. Published in 1891, his last major work gives the results of his studies of left-handedness, which he concludes is hereditary and relates to the dominance of one hemisphere of the brain.
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1891, Macmillan
Hardcover
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Macmillan
Published:
1891
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Ex-Library. Hardcover with green cloth boards, 1891, octavo, 215pp. + 55 pages of ads at rear, not illustrated. Book ex-library with only indications being removed sticker from spine, plate to front pastedown, a couple small blindstamps to front endpapers, removed plate from rear pastedown; otherwise mild edgewear to boards and spine, binding tight, aside from aforementioned library marks, text clean and unmarked. No DJ.
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