The Science of Fun-Fingerprinting

Who stole the butter from the butter tub? Other visible human characteristics tend to change - fingerprints do not.  Barring injuries or surgery causing deep scarring, or diseases such as leprosy damaging the formative layers of friction ridge skin (injuries, scarring and diseases tend to exhibit telltale indicators of unnatural change), finger and palm print features have never been shown to move about or change their unit relationship throughout the life of a person. In this experiment we are going to use four fingerprint details, of three individuals, to see who was scooping in the butter dish.

The four details we can find on Tammy's fingerprints were, Lake, Ridge dot, Island, and Bifurcation.

The four details in Mr. Wilson's fingerprints were, Ridge dot, Ending ridge, Bifurcation, and Bridge.

The four details found in Rodger's fingerprints were Bifurcation, Hook, Island, and Bridge.

The details that were found on the butter dish were, Ridge dot, Ridge crossing, Bifurcation, Lake, and Island.

Finding the different parts of a fingerprint to use for comparison.

We can see by the table that Tammy's fingerprints had the most matches. Therefore, Tammy had her fingers in the butter dish!! The History of Fingerprints