Do all primates have fingerprints?

Finger and palm prints likely evolved to allow the ancestors of modern primates to grasp items like branches. Hands with fingerprints achieve a better grip than hands without fingertips do. read more

Yes, all primates including humans have unique fingerprints. Interestingly, some monkeys have tailprints. Besides primates, Koalas (tree-climbing marsupials) have fingerprints similar to those in primates. read more

Hands with fingerprints achieve a better grip than hands without fingertips do. While monkeys and all other primates have very similar fingerprints -- presumably inheriting them from the group’s common ancestor -- koalas are marsupials that have developed these ridges independently of the primates. read more

"All primates have fingerprints on hands and feet, and a few New World monkeys have them on their prehensile tails as well," says Jeff Froehlich, Professor of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico. read more