Abstract: In natural science, an atavism defines a reform of a biological structure by which an inherited characteristics reappear after having been lost through evolutionary changes in previous generations. According to social sciences, atavism defines a reversal of cultural tendency, for example, people in the modern era revert themselves to the ways of thinking and acting of a former time. In the 1870 Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso introduced the concept of atavism as part of an individualistic explanation of the causes of criminal deviance. The human hand and the primate hand share a number of general characteristics. To recognize the potential sociopath and psychopath in our mind, we should evaluate atavistic signs in our hands. The main objective of this research is to identify primitive markings of hands which correlated to atavistic behaviors of humans. Method of this research is obtaining the handprints of people who have atavistic behaviors and also normal people and examine them. Then it will compare with the signs and markings of apes hand and their behaviors. Comparative study shows that atavistic features are indications of abnormal behaviors and do not necessarily indicate the presence of a personality disorder. High percentage of primitive features can be seen among criminals. In conclusion I confirm that hand analysis can be used to recognized atavistic behaviors and degeneracy tendencies.
Keywords: Chirognomy, Chiromancy, Dermatoglyphics, Atavistic signs, Degeneracy.
Title: Recognizing Atavistic Behaviors through Hand Analysis
Author: Dr. Kanchana Kohombange (Ph.D.), Dr. Pawan Bhardwaj (Ph.D.)
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
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