Why Are Most People Right-handed?

Accident of evolution most likely. The left side of the brain controls the right hand. Humans went through a bottleneck event about 70,000 years and and the population of humans almost crashed. Possibly the hand preference was something that made it through the bottleneck in a genetic drift event so that descendents from that time on were more inclined to be right handed.

The exact and real reason seems to be quite the bone of contention among several scientific disciplines..

There are more things in the world that are suitable for right-handed people, that is hard for left-handed people to do. It also could have been caused by the influence of the external environment impact, social issues, genetic issues etc. Also, in the past, many students were forced to write right-handed and also in Hinduism, the right hand must be used in eating, giving and receiving items or any other religious occasions. In today's advanced society, more mechanisms are meant for right-handed people, like scissors, cameras and computer-mice etc. Many Japanese swords are favored for right-handed people to cut more efficiently. Music instruments, like guitar, are also meant for right-handed people. Using pencil on the right hand is much more comfortable for people to use and so that's why there are more people who uses right hand than left hand.

There are only 4% of people in the world who are left-handed and scientists are still unsure as to why the majority of humans are right-handed. In a human, it is usual for the two halves of the brain to control opposite sides of the body. So, the right-hand side of the brain controls the left-hand side of the body and the left-hand side of the brain controls the right-hand side of the body. When a person is left-handed, the left-hand side of the brain controls the left-hand side of the body.

Living in a right-handed society, this can be a problem for left-handed people because so many things including buttons, door handles and scissors are designed for people who are right-handed. Although scientists have a good idea of why some people are left-handed, they have yet to discover the precise details and reasons why they differ to right-handed people.

However, it has been noted that left-handed people are much more creative and intelligent than right-handed people. Some famous figures such as; Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, George W. bush, Julius Caesar, Queen Victoria, Henry Ford, Prince William and his father Prince Charles, Julia Roberts and Einstein were all left-handed. There is even a national day dedicated to left-handed people which is August 13th.

My dad is left handed and my mum is right handed and me and my sister is right and my brother and other sister is left has it got something to do with your parents?!

Albert Einstein and George W. Bush are not left handed.