Bigger Ring Finger Than Index

Both men and women are exposed to the male hormone testosterone in the womb.

Bigger ring finger than index. It turns out that most people have slightly longer ring fingers than index fingers and in men the difference is a bit larger. The amount of testosterone exposure in the womb is also linked to an increased risk of. Both boys and girls whose index fingers were shorter than their ring fingers scored higher on average in the math section than the verbal. Women s index and ring fingers are typically of similar length while in men there is a greater difference.

And girls with larger digit ratios ring fingers longer. Conversely ring fingers that are longer than index fingers are a result of higher exposure to estrogen. That a greater proportion of men have shorter index fingers than ring fingers than do women was noted in the scientific literature several times through the late 1800s with the statistically significant sex difference in a sample of 201 men and 109 women established by 1930 after which time the sex difference appears to have been largely forgotten or ignored. Biologists at the university of florida have found a reason why men s ring fingers are generally longer than their index fingers and why the reverse usually holds true for women.

Other studies looking at finger length ratio have suggested that in men a long ring finger and symmetrical hands are an indication. The extended finger comes from a fetus getting hit with a burst of testosterone while in the womb and men who have it are four times more likely to end up with a woman who has an hourglass figure. If the ringer finger is longer than the 2d 4d ratio is less than one.