Fingerprints and sweat glands: propelling primates to progress?
What is the purpose of fingerprints and why have we evolved them? Why do we have so many sweat glands on our palms and what do the answers to these questions mean for the future? These are the key questions that a team of researchers from The University of Birmingham (UK), in collaboration with Seoul National University and Yonsei University (both Seoul, South Korea), has addressed in a recent paper. What is the function of fingertips? Describing fingertips and expounding on some of the findings from the study, Mike Adams (University of Birmingham) explained that, “primates have evolved epidermal ridges...
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