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The 'human digital formula' (2D>4D)
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The concept 'human digital formula' is introduced by Wood Jones (The principals of anatomy as seen in the hand, London: Churchill, 1930). Jones discovered that in the hands of apes the absolute length of the ring finger is always longer than the index finger: the phenomenon is being described by Wood Jones by means of the concept: the 'simian digital formula'. In the human hand the absolute length of the ring finger is usually longer than the index finger as well. However in some people the absolute length of the index finger is longer than the ring finger. Wood Jones refers to this condition as the 'human digital formula'. The picture on the right concerns a hand including the 'human digital formula' (the arrows have the same length!) . |
| "... The 2D:4D ratio is the only prenatal sexually dimorphic trait that measurably explains conditions linking testosterone, estrogen, and human development; the study of the ratio broadens our view of human ability, talent, behavior, disposition, health, and fertility." |
The length of the little finger
Other features of the hand
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The classical work of Cummins & Midlo 'Finger Prints, Palms and Soles' (p.170) describes that the hands of apes show about 2 to 3 times more frequently 'complex' dermatoglyphic patterns (loops and whorls) compared to the human hand. A research study presented by Schaumann & Alter (Dermatoglyphics in medical disorders, 1976, p.78-80) on 200 males and 200 females from Northern-America shows that in all fingers and all palmar zones the studied males appear to have more 'complex' patterns compared to the studied females.
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