Fingerprints are among the most distinctive features of human biology, serving as enduring identifiers for individuals and as windows into genetic and developmental processes. The three major ...

Maybe you already know that your fingerprints are especially unique - no one, not even if you have an identical twin, has prints exactly like yours. That's what can make a fingerprint left behind at ...

Police have long relied on the unique whorls, loops or arches encoded in fingerprints to identify suspects. However, they have no way to tell how long ago those prints were left behind -- information ...

Fingerprints make humans unique, but what about animals? Here's what we know. The post Did You Know? These Animals Have ...