Major Events in the Development of CSI Sciences

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  • 1000 BCE

    Chinese Use Finger Prints

    The Chinese start to use fingerprints to sign documents.
  • 1000

    Using Bloody Hand Print

    A Roman attorney shows that a bloody handprint that was used to frame a blind man for his mother’s murder.
  • 1200

    First Forensic Autopsies

    The first forensic autopsies are done at the University of Bologna in 1200.

  • First North American Autopsy

    The first autopsies in North America are done by French settlers.

  • Isolating Arsenic

    Johann Metzger developed a method to isolate arsenic from a body.

  • Birth of Forensic Toxicology

    Sevillas isolated arsenic from human stomach contents and urine for the first time, giving birth to the field of forensic toxicology.

  • The Marsh Test

    James Marsh developed a sensitive test Marsh test; a test to trace Arsenic

  • Guaiac Test

    Izaak van Deen developed the Guaiac test for blood.

  • Hydrogen Peroxide

    Christian Friedrich Schönbein developed the hydrogen peroxide test for blood.

  • Discovery of DNA

    Friedrich Miescher discovers DNA.

  • First Polygraph

    The first polygraph was created by John Augustus Larson and William Moulton Marston.

  • First Forensic Laboratory

    Los Angeles Police Chief August Vollmer established the first forensic laboratory.

  • Tape Lifting

    Max Frei-Sulzer developed the tape lift method to pull fingerprints off of things.

  • The American Academy of Forensic Sciences

    The American Academy of Forensic Sciences established the Physical Anthropology Section.

  • Forensic DNA

    Forensic DNA analysis was used for the first time in Narborough, Leicestershire.