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In Babylon fingerprints were used in business exchanges.
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Wrote a paper about the patterns and ridges in the human hand.
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First to declare that no two people have the same fingerprints.
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Described nine fingerprint patterns. loops, spirals, circles, and double whorls.
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Discovered that fingerprint don't change with age.
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Created a way to identify criminals called Bertillonage.
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Developed the classification system that is still used today.
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Noted measurements of fingerprints and started to record all ten fingerprints.
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Divided fingerprint records into groups based on the pattern. Created a system that used all 10 fingerprints called ten cards.
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Bertillon was credited with solving the first case with fingerprints.
