Major Events in Development of CSI Sciences

First Use of Fingerprints

Jul 19, 700

The Chineese use fingerprints to mark sculptures and important documents.

Time of Death

Jul 19, 1800

Scientists began using body temperature to determine a person's time of death. This practics began in the late 1800s.

DNA Discovery

Jul 19, 1880

James Watson discovers DNA in the late 1800s after years of observation.

Ballistics Test

Jul 19, 1883

Scotland police began comparing bullets to determine if a suspect's gun was the murder weapon or not. This became the first for of Ballistics testing.

Fingerprinting System Developed

Jul 19, 1888

Sir Francis Galton published works about the importance of fingerprints, created a small system of fingerprint classification, identified fingerprint patterns, and determined the odds of people having the same fingerprints are slim. Proving this theory made fingerprints important to forensic science.

Different Blood Groups

Jul 19, 1901

An Austrian doctor, Karl Landsteiner discovers different blood groups, making bloos transfusions safe.

FBI

Jul 19, 1960

The FBI began using the technique of psychological profiling.

Different DNA Srands Discovered

Jul 19, 1983

After many years of close observation, German biochemist Fredrich Miescher discovers that there are different strands of DNA.

DNA Testing

Jul 19, 1984

Alec Jeffreys invents the very first DNA test.