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The word dermatoglyphics is made up of two Greek words
(derma meaning skin and glyphs meaning carving). Dermatoglyphics
involves in-depth study of the skin ridge patterns and formation, which
appear on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
"Characteristically, hair does not grow from this area" When we talk
about dermatoglyphs we are mainly concerned with the fingerprints,
though on some hands there are glyphs to be found on the palm itself.
All studies of the dermal ridge arrangements including genetics,
anthropology and Egyptology are classified under the term
dermatoglyphics.
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