. Some points in the surgery of the brain and its membranes . more con-cerned with the higher psychic functions thanthe right. The leading half of the cerebrum istherefore the lett, or, as Professor Cunninghamputs it, man is left-brained and writes: It is easy to prove that the charac-teristic right-handedness is one of vast this there is the clearest evidence, not only inhistorical records and pictorial representations,but also in ancient mythology and in thestructure of almost all languages. It appearsprobable that right-handedness assumed form asa characteristic
. Some points in the surgery of the brain and its membranes . more con-cerned with the higher psychic functions thanthe right. The leading half of the cerebrum istherefore the lett, or, as Professor Cunninghamputs it, man is left-brained and writes: It is easy to prove that the charac-teristic right-handedness is one of vast this there is the clearest evidence, not only inhistorical records and pictorial representations,but also in ancient mythology and in thestructure of almost all languages. It appearsprobable that right-handedness assumed form asa characteristic at a very early period of mansevolution, and most likelv before he becameendowed with the power of articulate ape is ambidextrous. There is a muchhigher percentage than in the normal individualof microcephalic idiots who are ambidextrous. 288 SOME POINTS IN THE SURGERY and consequently a great reduction in the per-centage of those who are right-handed. Nosooner did man assume an upright gait than thework of the right hand grew in importance, the. Fig. 151.—The reindeer of the cave of Thayngen, near SchaflTiausen.(From Early Man in Britain^ by Prof. Boyd Dawkins.) Referring to the fact that in these sketches the animals depicted sometimeslook to the left and sometimes to the right, Sir Daniel Wilson remarks : This is anearly unerring test of right or left handedness. The skilled artist can, no doubt,execute a right or left profile at his will. But an unpremeditated profile drawing bya right-handed draughtsman will be represented looking to the left. In the majorityof palaeolithic drawings within my reach the animals depicted look to the left,which in some small degree suggests the idea of right-handedness on the part of theartist. With regard to those in which the profile looks to the right, absolutely noproof can be obtained either in one way or the other, and it is absurd to put themdown to the work of left-handed artists. The impression that one receives from th
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