From:
Henry Faulds
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 Feb 1880
Source of text:
UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/3/2/1/22, 23)
Summary:
Asks CD’s help in obtaining data on finger-prints – both of ancient impressions in pottery and of living men of all races. Suggests a comparative study with similar markings of lemuroid monkeys might yield results of value about man’s origin. Gives the practical utility of prints in identification in criminal and legal studies and investigations. Encloses a form.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project