Thursday, June 25, 2009

Evolutionary Origins of Your Right and Left Brain


Filed under: Origins of language

The division of labor by the two cerebral hemispheres—once thought to be uniquely human—predates us by half a billion years. Speech, right-handedness, facial recognition and the processing of spatial relations can be traced to brain asymmetries in early vertebrates.

Full article: Scientific American


See also:

>  Evolutionary Tools Help Unlock Origins of Ancient Languages
>  Early Apes Walked Upright 15 Million Years Earlier Than Previously Thought, Evolutionary Biologist Argues
>  Monkey Brains Hint at Evolutionary Root of Language Processing
>  Monkey gossip hints at social origins of language
>  Monkey gossip hints at social origins of language

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