As a lefthander I have always wondered about this question, that is: why are there so few lefthanders? OK, I haven’t been doing any research into this topic for quite a while, but I always have mused about this idea. Here are a couple links which take this idea a bit further…

Being Left-Handed
http://www.lefthandersday.com/tour2.html

The mystery of left-handedness
http://www.salon.com/2011/10/29/the_mystery_of_left_handedness

5 surprising facts about left-handed people
http://theweek.com/article/index/214847/5-surprising-facts-about-left-handed-people

Why are most people right-handed?
http://io9.com/5840005

As a means of foreshadowing a coming post, I wonder if the stigma of being a left hander in school will diminish as there is less and less focus upon specific handwriting skills (i.e. typewriting is pretty agnostic activity from the standpoint of whichever handed you are).

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