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Babylonians used fingerprints to sign contracts. -
Song Ci introduced regulations for autopsy reports in Chinese courts. -
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William Augustus Guy was a professor of forensic science. He wrote the first guide for doctors who had suspicious murders. -
Written by Sir Howard Vincent, head of the CID at Scotland Yard. This book entailed instructions on dead bodies. -
Sir Francis Galton is credited with making the method of classifying fingerprints today popular. Although he was found to have borrowed the work of Dr. Henry Faulds and Sir William James Herschel who had conducted research of their own on the uniqueness of fingerprints. -
The first formal CSI manual written by Hans Gross. The handbook was translated into English in 1906.
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The exchange principle states that whenever there is contact between two items, there will be an exchange of material.
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The first version had a large magnifying glass, rubber gloves, a plastic apron and disinfectant. -
The curriculum included CSI.
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Police in the UK requested Dr. Alec J Jeffereys to verify DNA evidence in a case involving two rape-murders. Tests proved that the suspect hadn't committed the crime. -
The project had the goal of mapping out a human's DNA and completed it 13 years later. Dr. Francis Collins was the lead on this project.