Forensic Science Timeline

By macihutto1
  • 200 BCE

    Fingerprints

    Fingerprints
    Evidence of fingerprints in early paintings & rock carvings made by prehistoric humans.

  • Thomas Bell

    Thomas Bell
    Thomas Bell (1792-1880) first describes "pink teeth". Presumes, that they are pathognomonic of hanging or drowning.

  • New York State Prison

    New York State Prison
    The New York State Prison system begins the first systematic use of fingerprints in United States for criminal identification.

  • Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt
    American President Theodore ROOSEVELT establishes the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

  • Criminal Identification

    International Association for Criminal Identification, (to become The International Association of Identification (IAI), is organized in Oakland, California.

  • Hungary

    Hungary
    Hungary becomes the first country in Europe to carry out research in the subject of lip prints.

  • Spencer

    N. SPENCER and colleagues first identiy the polymorphic nature of red cell phosphogluco-mutase (PGM).

  • Fingerprints

    The FBI introduces the beginnings of its Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) with the first computerized scans of fingerprints.

  • DNA

    The world's first national DNA database commences operations in the UK on 10 April 1995.

  • Tommy Lee Andrews

    Tommy Lee Andrews
    DNA profiling is introduced for the first time in a U.S. criminal court. Based on RFLP analysis performed by Lifecodes, Tommy Lee ANDREWS is convicted of a series of sexual assaults in Orlando, Florida.