History of Dermatoglyphics& Multiple Intelligence
The study of ridged skin on fingers, palms, soles and toes is termed as Dermatoglyphics. Etymologically this term dermatoglyphics comes from two Greek words (Derm = Skin and glyphe = carving). It gives the impression that something has been mould out of the skin (Kumbnani, 2007 ; Kiran et al., 2010). The term Dermatoglyphics was coined by Dr. Harold Cummins in 1926, the father of American fingerprint analysis. It has been accepted and approved internationally. For the first time Cummins (1936, 1939) demonstrated the frequencies of various dermal ridge patterns on fingers of Downs syndrome patients. Workman , 1939 analysed Downs syndrome and his observations agreed with those of Cummins (1936, 1939). The ridges and creases on the palms, fingers, soles and toes have a great significance in determining the characteristics of human beings because of their permanency, variability and unchangeability. Traditionally, dermatoglyphics has been regarded by physical anthropologists and populatio