we knew that the reasons behind our fingerprints’ unique pattern of whorls and loops were a long-standing mystery. But in 2022, Headon’s team published a landmark paper in the journal Cell ...

How the unique arrays of swirls, arches, and loops on the tips of our fingers form is a ... and down near the crease from the first knuckle. As the Turing pattern matures, the fingerprint ridges then ...

This figure shows human fingerprint patterns are grouped into three types: arch, whorl and loop. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...

Ndunda reveals that about 60 to 65 per cent of people have the loops pattern of fingerprint whereas 30 to 35 per cent have the whorl. The rarest pattern is arches, which present as a wave-like ...