Why do we have fingerprints?

If you look at the tips of your fingers really closely, you can see a unique pattern that belongs just to you! So what are those patterns for, besides looking cool? We asked biologist Roland Ennos from the University of Hull in the U.K. to help us find the answer. 

Got a question whose answer you can’t quite put your 

If you look at the tips of your fingers really closely, you can see a unique pattern that belongs just to you! So what are those patterns for, besides looking cool? We asked biologist Roland Ennos from the University of Hull in the U.K. to help us find the answer. 
Got a question whose answer you can’t quite put your finger on? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we’ll knuckle down to find the answer!

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