are finger prints alike?

Answer 1

every finger print is different. no two people have the same finger print, thats why they are so useful for ID!

Answer 2

no two individuals—even identical twins—have fingerprints that are exactly alike

The two basic ideas scientists believe about fingerprints are:

Fingerprints never change. Small ridges form on a person's hands and feet before they are born and do not change for as long as the person lives.

No two fingerprints are alike. The ridges on the hands and feet of all persons have three characteristics (ridge endings, birfurcations and dots) which appear in combinations that are never repeated on the hands or feet of any two persons. A ridge ending is simply the end of a ridge. A bifurcation is a Y-shaped split of one ridge into two. A dot is a very short ridge that looks like a "dot."

Answer 3

Fingerprints have been collected, observed and tested as a means of unique identification of persons for more than 100 years.

Scientists have proven the validity of fingerprint identification, including tiny fragments, in courts throughout the world for many years.

The two basic ideas scientists believe about fingerprints are:

· Fingerprints never change. Small ridges form on a person's hands and feet before they are born and do not change for as long as the person lives.

· No two fingerprints are alike. The ridges on the hands and feet of all persons have three characteristics (ridge endings, birfurcations and dots) which appear in combinations that are never repeated on the hands or feet of any two persons. A ridge ending is simply the end of a ridge. A bifurcation is a Y-shaped split of one ridge into two. A dot is a very short ridge that looks like a "dot".

Answer 4

No. No two fingerprints are alike - not even on identical twins....

A fingerprint is an impression of the friction ridges of all or any part of the finger. [1] A friction ridge is a raised portion of the epidermis on the palmar (palm and fingers) or plantar (sole and toes) skin, consisting of one or more connected ridge units of friction ridge skin.[1] These ridges are sometimes known as "dermal ridges" or "dermal papillae".

Fingerprints may be deposited in natural secretions from the eccrine glands present in friction ridge skin (secretions consisting primarily of water) or they may be made by ink or other contaminants transferred from the peaks of friction skin ridges to a relatively smooth surface such as a fingerprint card.[2] The term fingerprint normally refers to impressions transferred from the pad on the last joint of fingers and thumbs, though fingerprint cards also typically record portions of lower joint areas of the fingers (which are also used to make identifications).

Fingerprint identification (sometimes referred to as dactyloscopy[3]) is the process of comparing questioned and known friction skin ridge impressions (see Minutiae) from fingers, palms, and toes to determine if the impressions are from the same finger (or palm, toe, etc.). The flexibility of friction ridge skin means that no two finger or palm prints are ever exactly alike (never identical in every detail), even two impressions recorded immediately after each other. Fingerprint identification (also referred to as individualization) occurs when an expert (or an expert computer system operating under threshold scoring rules) determines that two friction ridge impressions originated from the same finger or palm (or toe, sole) to the exclusion of all others.

Answer 5

No, everybody's finger prints are unique sois the retinas of your eyes

Answer 6

yes

Answer 7

No, not even for identical twins!

Answer 8

no.thats y the cops use them in solving crime cases

Answer 9

They're all different.

Even on twins.

Answer 10

no