Examine your fingers. Which is longer? Is it the index finger (the finger you use to point with – technically the second digit, or 2D, counting the thumb), or the ring finger (the fourth digit, or 4D) ...

New research published in the American Journal of Human Biology has shown a link between certain digit ratios, in this case the ratio between the length of the index finger and ring finger, and oxygen ...

Digit ratio (2D:4D) has been suggested as a proxy biomarker for prenatal androgen activity and has been linked to prostate cancer, as the genes that regulate the formation and differentiation of the ...

The ratio of the second to the fourth digit (2D:4D ratio) is a sexually dimorphic trait established in utero that differs between ethnic groups. It is associated with prenatal androgen exposure, and ...

Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology Unit, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK Correspondence to: Professor Spector Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology Unit, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK; ...

Your destiny just might be in your digits. Measure your fingers from the crease they make with the palm to the top of the digits — if the index finger is shorter than the ring finger, you might just ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Variation in the ratio between the second and fourth finger could suggest that patients with systemic lupus ...

While this football player’s arms may look like they give him an onfield advantage, his fingers may actually be more predictive of his athletic ability. Ostill/Shutterstock.com Examine your fingers.