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How do we get the fingerprints we have? – Oscar V., age 8, Somerville, Massachusetts
Fingerprints are those little ridges on the tips of your fingers. They’re essentially folds of the outer layer of skin, the epidermis. The “prints” themselves are the patterns of skin oils or dirt these ridges leave behind on a surface you’ve touched.
Your fingerprints began to form before you were born. When a fetus starts to grow, the outside layer of its
How do we get the fingerprints we have? – Oscar V., age 8, Somerville, Massachusetts
Fingerprints are those little ridges on the tips of your fingers. They’re essentially folds of the outer layer of skin, the epidermis. The “prints” themselves are the patterns of skin oils or dirt these ridges leave behind on a surface you’ve touched.
Your fingerprints began to form before you were born. When a fetus starts to grow, the outside layer of its
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