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The description of hand preference in the primates is at present sadly incomplete. In the lowland gorilla the consistency of the dextral preference across all tests is amazing and comparable to the human data. Similar analysis of the behavior of the orang-utan and a reexamination of the chimpanzee might present a coherent picture of homologous behaviours for the hominoidea.

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Evidence of Laterality in the Lowland Gorilla

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