Major events in the Development of CSI Sciences

Use of Fingerprints Emerges

Mar 23, 700

The Chinese begin using fingerprints to mark important documents as well as sculptures.

Temperature Used For Death

Mar 23, 1800

In the late 1800's scientists started to use the deceased's body temperature in order to try and determine their time of death.

Comparing Bullets

Mar 25, 1835

One "Bow Street Runner" (an early form of police force in London) studied a murder case extensively. I dentifying Mold Mark, and the Paper Patch of an old firearm in order to link the murder weapon to the crime and all of the guilty party being brought to justice.

Fingerprinting Being Used For Good

Mar 25, 1888

Sir Francis Galton began writing about the importance of fingerprints, as well as created a system in order to help classify and identify different fingerprint patterns.

Blood Types Identified

Mar 26, 1901

Karl Landsteiner, the Austrian Doctor, began differentiating the blood groups, allowing identification of blood possible and blood transfusions safe.

DNA The New Record Keeper

Mar 25, 1953

Watson and Crick created the now accepted construction of the Double Helix molecular model of the DNA, first Identified by Friedrich Miescher in 1869

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Mar 26, 1960

Psychological profiling began to be used by the FBI

Testing the Records

Mar 26, 1984

DNA test were inveted by Alec Jefferys.