History of Fingerprints

By cole43
  • 1792 BCE

    First found fingerprints

    Archaeologists find fingerprints in a stone tablet dating back to 1792-1750 B.C.

  • The Study of hands

    The earliest record of the study of the patterns in human hands.

  • Johann Christoph Andreas Mayer

    Johann Christoph Andreas Mayer
    Started studying the ridges on the human hands

  • Pedro Velasquez

    Pedro Velasquez
    His wife and kids were murdered and they used fingerprints to track the man who did it.

  • Sir Edmund Richard Henry

    Sir Edmund Richard Henry
    He created the first ever ten card system.

  • Sir Francis Galton

    Sir Francis Galton
    Solved the first case that was a murder using fingerprints and confirmed that they dont change with age.

  • John Dillinger

    John Dillinger
    John burns off his finger tips with acid

  • AFIS

    AFIS
    Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems. Used for criminal identification have become central to the work of police and other law enforcement agencies around the world.

  • FBI

    FBI
    Had 23 million criminal fingerprints on cards but would take up to 3 months to find a match.

  • Stephan Cownas

    Stephan Cownas
    Was falsely accused of murdering a cop but was Exonerated by DNA and is now a free man.