How Fingerprints Form and Why Twins Don’t Have the Same Set of Prints

In an episode of the SciShow series Quick Questions, host Hank Green explains how fingerprints form and why twins don’t have the same set of prints. Although genes play a role in fingerprints, there are several other factors involved in how they develop. The episode also deals with how babies develop in the womb during the time their fingerprints are formed.

Glen Tickle
Glen Tickle

Amelia's dad. Steph's husband. Writer, comedian, gentleman. Good at juggling, bad at chess.