CSI Sciences

By briannaro
  • 250 BCE

    Erasistratus invented the first lie detector

    Erasistratus invented the first lie detector
  • 300

    First forensics

    First forensics
    Fingerprints are used on clay tablets for business transaction in ancient Babylon.
  • 1100

    Roman Attorney wins at court

    Roman Attorney wins at court
    Quintilian proved that blood-covered palm prints were left at a crime scene to frame a blind man for the murder of his mother.
  • 1248

    The first documentation of medical knowledge aimed at solving crimes was recorded in "Hsi Duan Yu"

    The first documentation of medical knowledge aimed at solving crimes was recorded in "Hsi Duan Yu"
    It had the process of distinguishing drowning from strangulation.
  • Jan 1, 1302

    First Medical Autopsy

    First Medical Autopsy
    Bartolomeo da Varignana performed one of the first medicolegal autopsies in the case of a suspected murder of a nobleman.
  • Period: to

    James Marsh is called on a murder trial as a chemist

  • Detecting Sperm

    H. Baynard publishes the first reliable procedures for the microscopic detection of sperm.

  • The Uhlenhuth test was invented by Paul Uhlenhuth

    The Uhlenhuth test was invented by Paul Uhlenhuth

  • portable polygraph machine appeared

    portable polygraph machine appeared

  • Using dental records

    Using dental records
    Dental records are compared with teeth from corpses.
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    DNA analysis is first used in a murder by Sir Alec Jefferys