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History of Handedness

Almost 10% of people are left hand dominant, but no-one knows exactly how handedness develops. Although handedness most commonly relates to writing, it also describes a preference for using one hand or the other for a range of different everyday activities. Genetics have been identified as a possible cause of handedness as well as the way a baby’s brain develops while a foetus. Brain asymmetry could be another factor and research has shown that this has been a significant feature in human development for a million years.

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History of Handedness
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From Cave to Crayons

Down the back of the sofa, lurking in your children’s school bags and hiding in the bottom drawer of your desk lay the most remarkable invention. An invention thousands of years in the making and one which today is very cheap but had a £75 price tag when it was first invented. It’s possible to buy personalised pens, printed pens and promotional pens very easily today but the first humble ballpoint pen was invented by a Hungarian journalist, Lazlo Biro and developed by a French baron Marcel Bich.

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Cave to Crayons