Abstract
A six — or seven — (fingers) «sites» system with sequential invading of interdigital ridge bundles agrees very well with actual data from literature. The palmridges of the left hand lag one «period» behind those of the right hands. Main line formulas and the regularities in their frequencies are to a large extent predictable and can be understood from the 7- «sites» model proposed in this publication.
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de Wilde, A.G. Palmar ridge systems. Int. J. Anthropol. 2, 97–104 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02442354
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