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evidence of fingerprints in early paintings and rock carvings of prehistoric humans.
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Henry Goddard first used bullet comparison to catch a murderer.
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James Marsh, a Scottish Chemist, was the first to use technology (arsenic detection) in a jury trial.
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German scientist Schonbein first discovered the ability of hemoglobin to oxidize hydrogen peroxide making it foam.
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Sir Francis Galton published "Fingerprints", the first comprehensive book on the nature of fingertips and their use in solving crime.
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Paul Jesrich, a forensic chemist in Germany, took photomicrographs of two bullets to compare, and individualize,the minutiae
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August Vollmer as chief police in LA, Cali, implemented the first U.s. police crime laboratory.
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Landsteiner and Levine first detected the M, N, and P blood factors leading to development of the MNSs and P typing systems.
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The federal bureau of investigation (fbi) crime laboratory was created
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The FBI introduced the beginnings of its "Automate d Fingerprint Identification System (AIFS)" with the first computerized scans of fingerprints