Anthropologists at the Italian University of Chieti claim they have been able to reconstruct Leonardo Da Vinci's left index fingerprint (via Wayne Hall). The result is a composite of photos of about 200 fingerprints - most of them partial, such as the one at left - taken from 52 papers handled by Leonardo in his life, five centuries ago. Says anthropologist Luigi Capasso:
"It adds the first touch of humanity. We knew how Leonardo saw the world and the future ... but who was he? This biological information is about his being human, not being a genius".
Bruno Giussani is a writer, the European Director of the 









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