Question

Identify the thesis statement in the academic text "from hand to mouth"
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Answer 1

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strong predominance of right-handedness appears to be a uniquely human characteristic, whereas the left-cerebral dom-inance for vocalization occurs in many species, including frogs, birds, and mammals. Right-handedness may have arisen because of anassociation between manual gestures and vocalization in the evolution of language. I argue that language evolved from manual gestures,gradually incorporating vocal elements. The transition may be traced through changes in the function of Broca’s area. Its homologue inmonkeys has nothing to do with vocal control, but contains the so-called “mirror neurons,” the code for both the production of manualreaching movements and the perception of the same movement