Finger Print Forensic Science

Fingerprints started by using clay tables to do business trations in acient Babylon. This is important because this is the very beginning for fingerprints.

500

1000-2000 B.C.

Thumbprints were being used as a signature on clay prints in China. Important because other parts of the world started using fingerpritnts.

Sep 7, 600

3rd Century B.C.

China started using fingerprints on offcial documents. Important because they started using fingerprints even more.

Sep 7, 700

610-907 A.D.

Professor Marcello Malpighi takes note of the different styles of characteristics in the finger tip such as spirals, loops and ridges in fingerprints. Important because this is how we learn the difference in finger prints.

Sep 7, 1686

Johannes Evengelista Purkinje made a thesis of speaking of how fingerprints can be used to identify an individual. Important because this is the start of studying fingerprints to identify someone.

Sep 7, 1823

The book "Fingerprints" was published. This is important because it tells the first classification system for fingerprints.

Sep 7, 1892

Fingerprints were offcially used in identifying criminals in British India. Important because this is how fingerprints started being kept on file for criminals.

Sep 7, 1896

Alphonse Bertillon made the first criminal identification of a fingerprint at a crime scene. Important because this was the first time a fingerprint was tookin from a crime scene in the United States.

Sep 7, 1902

The United State starts to use fingerprint technology. Important because the world is using fringerprints more now to identify criminals and used in police departmens and prisons.

Sep 7, 1902

U.S army begins to use fingerprints also. Important because this is how someone was identified.

Sep 7, 1905

The first central storage location was established in Ottawa by Edward Foster, holding about 2000 sets of fingerprints. Important because this is how fingerprints were being kept on file.

Sep 7, 1911

The Identification Division of the F.B.I was created by the U.S congress, important because everyone was using fingerprint cards now.

Sep 7, 1924

FBI starts to use a new method of getting fingerprints which was by computerizing the fingerprint. Important because this is how the U.S stopped using fingercards.

Sep 7, 1999

Ridges and finger whorls were discovered by the Mi'kmaq people. Important because this is how they learned about the design of the hand and fingertips.

Mar 2, 2022

1st Century A.D.

Persia government were using fingerprints for documents. But also noticed two different fingertips didnt have the same match worl. Important because this is the beginning to learning the different worls on the fingertips.

Mar 2, 2022

14th Century A.D.