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Professor Dave Explains · Thursday · 10 min

How Do Fingerprint Patterns Form?

We just learned a bit about the history of the study of fingerprints. Now let's learn about how fingerprints form. How do those patterns end up on your skin? What's going on in fetal development to produce them? What are they for? Let's take a look! Script by Kuldeep Kawar Watch the whole Forensic Science playlist: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveForensic Classical Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics1 Modern Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics2 General Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveGenChem Organic Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveOrgChem Biochemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBiochem Biology/Genetics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBio Pharmacology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePharma Psychology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePsych EMAIL► ProfessorDaveExplains@gmail.com PATREON► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplains Check out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience! Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HtNpVH Bookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADM Barnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/3pUjmrn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We just learned a bit about the history of the study of fingerprints. Now let's learn about how fingerprints form. How do those patterns end up on your skin? What's going on in fetal development to produce them? What are they for? Let's take a look!

Script by Kuldeep Kawar

Watch the whole Forensic Science playlist: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveForensic

Classical Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics1
Modern Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics2
General Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveGenChem
Organic Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveOrgChem
Biochemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBiochem
Biology/Genetics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBio
Pharmacology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePharma
Psychology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePsych

EMAIL► ProfessorDaveExplains@gmail.com
PATREON► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplains

Check out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience!
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HtNpVH
Bookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADM

Barnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/3pUjmrn

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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