I don't know if Apes have them, but it seems as if there is no real practical application for them (maybe better grip?) but what is more weird about them is that no two are the same, it just seems real strange why evolution would do this.
2006-08-10 10:18:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Fingerprints actually represent permanent raised ridges of the epidermis, the outer layer of the skin. They serve three functions: 1) to improve grip through its texture; 2) to serve as fine touch areas; and 3) to provide sweat glands. Ridges vary in coarseness on different parts of the hand. They are at their finest on the fingertips and at their coarsest on the rest of the fingers - the palm of the hand being intermediate.
2006-08-10 10:28:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are two ways to answer this....scientifically and spiritually.
Our DNA fingerprint is much more intricate than the fingerprint of the hand-feet! DNA is probably one of the best IDs well find-have, more so than the handprint-fingerprint. Even the iris is amazingly intricate too. Some parts of fingerprints and the iris change over lifetime, though, so they are not totally permanent. But there are potentially many "symbols" in the prints that signify both auspicious and inauspicious things (palmistry is fascinating and can be scientific but it is misused by MANY in fortune-telling! But no doubt there is wonderful genetics to the unique prints we have.)
The fingerprints and footprints of Lord Krsna, Radha, Lord Caitanya, Lord Balarama, Lord Nityananda and other "forms of God" are discussed in Vedic scripture (called Hindu by some, but that is not the correct term). There is a great book and websites on Their prints too, if you just type in lotus feet and hand prints into server. The symbols & definitions-explanations found there are profound about Them, and studying Them and Their prints is a devotional practice of many Vaisnavans who want to know Their every little detail! We are made in Their image, and thus have prints like They do.
2006-08-10 10:56:51 · answer #2 · answered by gopigirl 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yesterday I went to the zoo with my grand daughter. I found that even zebras the stripes are unique. No 2 zebras dont have the same stripe pattern
2006-08-10 10:25:03 · answer #3 · answered by Dr M 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes. That is your personal ID
2006-08-10 10:24:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
DUH. Evolution didn't do it. God created us that way so that each of us are unique. It is a way to identify ourselves. And it is way too brilliant of an idea to attribute it to something as bogus as evolution.
2006-08-10 10:24:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋