@article {309520, title = {Did throwing stones shape hominid brain evolution?}, journal = {Ethology and Sociobiology}, volume = {3}, year = {1982}, pages = {115 - 124}, abstract = {

Early hominid evolution may have involved an interaction between lateralization to left brain of rapid motor sequencing (e.g., right handedness) and its selection via one-handed throwing of stones at small prey. Since a more redundant sequencer should permit faster orchestration of muscles, faster (and hence longer range) throws could have selected for encephalization. Secondary uses of the enlarged sequencer may have included tool-sharpening and manual gestures. Because an oral-facial sequencing area just below motor strip forms the core of modern language cortex, there may have been a common origin of handedness and language in redundant sequencing circuits selected by throwing success.

}, keywords = {Tool}, issn = {0162-3095}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0162-3095(82)90010-3}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0162309582900103}, author = {William H. Calvin} }