Why are there more right handed people?

There are still more right handed people by nature because it is the dominant trait genetically. Being left handed is a recessive gene. However, there is one other contributing factor!! Peopple used to be so closed minded that they thought left handed paople werent as smart as left right handers, so parents and educators actually tried to force kids into being right-handed. That has changed now so there is an increase in numbers of so called lefties, but it will not change the genetic factors!!

Because there are less number of left handed people….just kidding

thats the usual practice, if people use left hand there is two probable reasons

1) they want to try something unique

2) they have some disorder with the right hand

now stop wondering!

ASK THE EXPERTS: BIOLOGY.

Why are more people right-handed?

M.K. Holder is an affiliated scientist in the Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior at Indiana University.

She replies:

In the 160 years in which “handedness” has been studied we have learned quite a lot, but we still cannot precisely describe what causes humans preferentially to use one hand over the other, or why human populations are biased toward right-hand use rather than left-hand use.

I’m not an expert, but here’s my theory. The right hand is controlled by the left side of the brain, which is the side more devoted to logical and mathematical functions, while the left hand is controlled by the right brain, which is the more artistic and creative side. Since many of the things we are taught to do at an early age, such as writing and math, are left-brain activities, it seems to make sense that the right hand would be the dominant one for these activities for most people.

because first the left hand was called sinster or something like that and then that was compared to the word sinister which meant weird or strange and so people felt that it was odd for people to be left handed and children were taught to always use their right hand while writing, but I doubt that feeling is around anymore. Also left handed people tend to be a bit slow while writing althogh there might not be any difference at all.

Besides genetics and other inheritances for people to be right-handed, in other places, there also exists pressure for people to become right -handed.

Long ago in Europe, the Catholic Church declared left-handed people servants of the devil. To avoid hatred and being shunned by others, many left-handed people forced themselves to become right-handed. In New Zealand, women belonging to the Maori tribes did not use their left hand to weave cloths filled with the fear of profaning or cursing the cloth. If these women were caught weaving with their left hand, their punishment would be death. African tribes along the Niger River forbade women to prepare food with the left hand. Their reason for making the rule was their belief that the left hand would contaminate the meal with poisonous sorcery. Besides the left hand, the left side also stood for a negative issue. The Buddhist religion includes the Yin and Yang symbol that represents good and evil. Did you ever notice that the Yin that stands for darkness is on the left? Furthermore, the English language also shows hints that it favors right over left. For instance, the word “sinister” comes from the Latin word “left”. Another example is that one of the definitions for “left handed” is “clumsy”. Even today, the world revolves around right- handed people; there are right-handed desks and scissors for right-handed people. Good news for right-handed people, but bad news for people who have a dominant left hand.

Prior to the 70’s, lefties were made to write with their “right” hands. Studies have shown that in many cases, lefties are more mechanically and artistically enabled.

My dads’ a leftie – genius IQ.

He taught me sports and billards – so I do those “left handed” and my left arm is stronger than my right….

in orevious years (50’s etc) the teachers taught you to use your right hand evenif you were naturally a leftie.. my dad should have been left handed (doing sport etc favouring left) but had this happen.

God only made a few perfect people, the rest he made right-handed.

At least that’s what I read on a bumper sticker the other day.

right hand leads to right path