Does Race Have a Role in The Effect of Fingerprint on Gender?

Aim: Fingerprint is one of the personal and reliable physical features. The fingerprint has an important role in forensics, it used detection criminals identity checks. Studies on different races have been conducted, but no interracial comparison found literature. In this study, we investigated effect race finger ridge using same method 5 races.Methods: our right thumb prints 355 (148 female, 207 male) students aged 17-25 years school were taken with ink pad (stamp) recorded along their ages, sexes, races. Data analysed by sex race.Results: sex, counts male (11.94±2.08) female (12.76±2.02) participants to be statistically significantly (p<0.001). Participants classified as Turkish, Arab, Russian, Turkmen, African. difference between Turkish-Africans was significant (p<0.05).Conclusion: Comparison studied many races, each study conducted a method. aimed contribute literature examining how men women differ Although data obtained are compatible for Turkish race, there differences other