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Period: 700 to
The early years of the forensics science
The Chinese used fingerprints to establish the identity of documents. -
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The 1800s
In the 1800s the field of forensic science saw substantial progress in England as they were allowed to examine the victims of Jack the Ripper for wound patterns. -
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The 1900s
The establishment of a the forensic science curricula for the first time in 1902 by Swiss Professor R. A. Reiss at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. -
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21st Century
Advances in technology are being applied to the finite and exacting field of forensic science.