Research
Monkey foot and palm prints differ between individuals, as they do in humans
Phys.org ·
The Brief
- In three monkey species, the complex ridge patterns on feet and palms vary between individuals, similar to human fingerprints.
- The study was published in the open-access journal PLOS One by Juliana Vieira Flores Sales at Universidade de Brasília and colleagues.
Why it matters
It shows that individually distinctive friction-ridge patterns occur in non-human primates, not only in humans, which is relevant to research on primate biology and individual identification.
Who’s affected
- primatologists
- biologists studying primate morphology
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- #fingerprints
- #morphology
- #zoology
In three species of monkey, the complex pattern of ridges on the feet and palms varies between individuals, similar to human fingerprints, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS One by Juliana Vieira Flores Sales at Universidade de Brasília and colleagues.