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First forensics
Fingerprints are used on clay tablets for business transaction in ancient Babylon. -
Jan 1, 750
First Lie Detector
Erasistratus, an ancient greek physician, discovers that his patients' heart rate raised when they told lies. -
Jan 28, 1248
Medicine in murder
Chinese book His Duan Yu distinguishes drowning from strangulation. -
Jan 1, 1302
First Medical Autopsy
Bartolomeo da Varignana performed the first medicolegal autopsies in the suspected murder of a nobleman. -
First Microscope invented
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Using physical matching
John Toms is convicted of murder on the basis of a torn wad of paper found in a pistol matching a remaining piece in his pocket. -
Bullet Comparison
Henry Goddard uses bullet comparison to catch a murderer. The comparison was based in a visible flaw in a pistol matching a remaining piece in his pocket. -
Using body temperature to determine time of death
Taylor and Wilkes write a paper on the determination of time since death from fall in body temperature. -
Fingerprints used to determine crime
Henry Faulds publishes a paper suggesting fingerprints at the scene of a crime could identify the offender. -
Fingerprinting criminals
New York prison systems begin the first use of fingerprints in the US criminal identification. -
Using dental records
Dental records are compared with teeth from a corpse. -
Breathalyzer Test
R.F. Borkenstein invents the breathalyzer for field sobriety testing. -
Fingerprint scanning system
FBI introduces the beginnings of the Automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS) -
Starting DNA recognition
