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Evidence of fingerprints in early paintings & rock carvings made by prehistoric humans.
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Thomas Bell (1792-1880) first describes "pink teeth". Presumes, that they are pathognomonic of hanging or drowning.
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The New York State Prison system begins the first systematic use of fingerprints in United States for criminal identification.
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American President Theodore ROOSEVELT establishes the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
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International Association for Criminal Identification, (to become The International Association of Identification (IAI), is organized in Oakland, California.
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Hungary becomes the first country in Europe to carry out research in the subject of lip prints.
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N. SPENCER and colleagues first identiy the polymorphic nature of red cell phosphogluco-mutase (PGM).
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The FBI introduces the beginnings of its Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) with the first computerized scans of fingerprints.
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The world's first national DNA database commences operations in the UK on 10 April 1995.
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DNA profiling is introduced for the first time in a U.S. criminal court. Based on RFLP analysis performed by Lifecodes, Tommy Lee ANDREWS is convicted of a series of sexual assaults in Orlando, Florida.
