They looked at homicide-rates and the frequency of left-handedness, and found they appeared to be linked.
But the Eipo had around three homicides per 1, 000 people and a left-handedness rate of 20%.
But that raises a further question: if left-handedness is beneficial, then why is it so rare?
This partly reflects some Europeans' long-standing resentment of what they see as America's high-handedness.
Maybe it has to do with a policy of even-handedness, but I doubt it.
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They appreciate her even-handedness and open-mindedness, and her excellent -- and often irreverent -- sense of humor.
This mixture of sloppiness, lack of communication and high-handedness gives the IPCC's critics a lot to work with.
He also showed a new tone of even-handedness by comparing the sufferings and the longings of the two peoples.
And what the Supreme Court does is to safeguard the rule of law, through a commitment to even-handedness, principle, and restraint.
He complained vociferously about Twitter's apparent high-handedness in handing over his account to the owners of the bridge without telling him.
One was a handedeness test (left-handedness is more common among autistic people), and the remaining two evaluated facial recognition and language.
The researchers say their findings add to the evidence that the evolutionary forces that cause right- and left-handedness are independent of culture.
Current projects sponsored by 23andMe include studies on a broad range of traits and behaviors, such as ancestral origins, pigmentation, optimism and handedness.
Besides accusations of heavy-handedness and abuse of preventive detention, critics accuse Mr Bruguiere and his colleagues of not giving defendants a fair chance.
They suggest that because left-handedness is relatively rare it provides certain advantages over those who are right-handed, such as in solo and group fighting.
Supposedly resulting from abnormal antenatal exposure to hormones, this cluster includes maleness, homosexuality, left-handedness, poor visual-spatial skills, immune disorders, and perhaps also language-learning talent.
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It all seems to parallel ideas about left-handedness in human cultures.
Hardly scientific I grant, but it does beg the question whether, far from being a disadvantage, left handedness might in certain circumstances give you the edge.
That may sound surprising, but high levels of testosterone in the womb have been linked to several other brain-related phenomena, including left-handedness, dyslexia and female homosexuality.
Overall, the wines show solid attention to detail, but also admirable restraint (read: no heavy handedness with oak or ripeness) to achieve a very drinkable balance.
Professor McManus said the more likely explanation for the persistence of left-handedness was the need for individuals with a range of qualities and skills within societies.
Most interesting, I learned that many science fiction readers are Rationals in the Keirsey Temperament Sorter, which tells me that geekdom is as innate as left-handedness.
But the Europeans argue that, for the court to make a credible claim to even-handedness, no one can be guaranteed a permanent blanket immunity from its reach.
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The Dioula were found to have a homicide rate equivalent of one hundredth of a death per 1, 000 people per year, and a left-handedness rate of just 3%.
But the rewards for those who survived justified Gerstner's heavy-handedness.
The group notes Des Forges' even-handedness in the Rwandan conflict.
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All this may work for a bit, but thrifty German consumers will not be kept away from bargain telephony for ever, and heavy-handedness stokes public hostility to the company.
NFL's even-handedness is hard to value, yet it may prove the league's most important asset should other American sports continue to face battles between the haves and the have-nots.
This brazen high- handedness, based on nothing more than a judges whims about what he thought was right for the people, was too much even for his peers to stomach.
Because handedness has a genetic component the researchers wondered why the proportion of left-handers should have remained so constant over 30, 000 years - the age of the oldest cave studied.
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