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                                                                                    Bonobo






                                                                             The bonobo has similar
                                                                             fingerprints and the same
                                                                             hand structure as a human.
                                                                             This is because bonobos are
                                                                             primates, a group of related
                                                                             mammals that includes apes,
                                                                             monkeys, and humans.





                                                                  Koalas have ridges
                                       Koala                      on the fingertips
                                                                  and only parts of the
                                                                  palm. Even under a           Fingerprints
                                                                  microscope they look          of humans,
                                                                  almost the same as
                                                                  human fingerprints.           koalas, and
                                                                                               primates are
                                                                                                 strikingly
                                                                                                  similar.









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