Magnified Views of Fingerprints (IMAGE)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Magnified Views of Fingerprints

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Magnified views of fingerprints found on fragments of 11th-century AD jars from the US Southwest enabled archaeologists to determine the sex of the potter.

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John Kantner

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