Development of CSI Sciences Timeline

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  • 600

    Early Forensics

    Early Forensics
    In ancient Babylon, the clay tablets that were used for business transactions required fingerprints.
  • 1300

    First known guide to pathology

    First known guide to pathology
    The book Hsi Duan Yu, or The Washing Away of Wrongs, was published and is considered to be the first known guide to pathology. The work describes how to determine whether a victim drowned or was strangled as a cause of death.
  • 1302

    First Autopsy

    First Autopsy
    Varignana performed the first medico-legal autopsy, an autopsy conducted for the purpose of obtaining information regarding a crime.

  • Bullet Comparison

    Bullet Comparison
    Henry Goddard became the first person to use physical analysis to connect a bullet to the murder weapon.

  • Fingerprints

    Fingerprints
    Sir William Herschel was working as the Chief Magistrate of the Hooghly district in Jungipoor, India. In order to reduce fraud, he had the residents record their fingerprints when signing business documents.

  • Breathalyzer Test

    Breathalyzer Test
    Robert F. Borkenstein invented the Breathalyzer in order to test a person's sobriety.

  • Using DNA

    Using DNA
    DNA is used to solve crimes for the first time, the first crime being the murder of Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth.