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4000 BCE
First Forensics by Babylonians
Early man (Babylonians) used fingerprints as signatures in a way. -
Period: 4000 BCE to
The history of Forensic Science
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3500 BCE
First dissections
Humans first start dissecting animals to communicate with higher forces. -
1000 BCE
Chinese use fingerprints for signed documents.
During this time period, the Chinese were using fingerprints as signatures on documents. -
750
The first lie detector test
The first lie detector test was created in 700. -
1000
Framed murder
Roman attorney, Quintilian finds out that a bloody handprint was used to frame a blind man for the murder of his mother. -
1200
First forensic autopsies
The very first forensic are done at Bologna University. -
1238
Murder weapons
The first murder weapons were discovered in a small village. A murderer killed a person using a sickle and everyone who owned a sickle had to lay them out in the sun until flies gathered around one of them. -
1276
De Officia Corronataris
In England, the descriptions of a Coroners job are published. -
1302
The first autopsy
The murder of a nobleman is suspected and the first medicolegal autopsy is performed by Bartolomeo Da Varignana. -
1348
Black Death autopsies
Pope Clement VI orders autopsies on Black Death victims to try and find a cure for the plague. -
1447
The first identified remains
The teeth of the Duke of Burgundy are identified as his remains. -
Bullet comparisons
Henry Goddard of Scotland Yard uses bullets to compare and find the murderer based on the shaping of the bullet and it's mold. -
The first criminalization from fingerprints
This was the first set of fingerprints that would criminalize someone. -
The first portable polygraph
The first portable polygraph is created by John Augustus Larson. -
DNA is first used to catch criminals.
Sir Alec Jeffreys develops the fingerprint DNA technique.