Not Chimpanzees or Gorillas, But These Animals’ Fingerprints Are Similar to Humans

Nusantara62 – If we refer to the theory of evolution, chimpanzees and gorillas are considered animals that are close to humans.

But when it comes to fingerprints, it turns out that it’s not the animal that looks like a human, but a koala.

In fact, koalas are very far from the evolutionary tree.

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As quoted by Nusantara62 from the Interesting Facts page, each fingerprint is unique.

However, that doesn’t mean fingerprints are easy to distinguish — especially since humans aren’t the only species to develop fingerprints.

“Chimpanzees and gorillas also have fingerprints, but koalas actually have fingerprints that are most similar to ours,” wrote Interesting Facts.

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It was explained that this was first discovered by researchers at the University of Adelaide in Australia in 1996.

At that time, one of them even joked that, “although it is very unlikely that koala footprints will be found at the crime scene, the police should at least be aware of the possibility.”

The discovery lends support to one of the main theories in the centuries-long debate over the purpose of fingerprints and their swirling microscopic grooves: They help understand them.

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Koalas’ survival depends on their ability to climb the small branches of eucalyptus trees and pick their leaves to eat, so the fact that they developed fingerprints, which aid in these actions, independently of primates millions of years ago is likely no coincidence.