Forensic Science History Timeline by https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo Letrice Phillips Inquiry in Math & Science en-us 2022-02-11 00:07:44 UTC 2022-02-12 00:06:44 UTC hello@padlet.com BCE: Evidence of fingerprints and rock carvings of prehistoric humans. lnphillips1 https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041424810 The indication prehistoric humans and their interest of "drawing" things that lives in the world around them. These fingerprints can also be used to identify determine gender and age.

]]> 2022-02-11 00:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041424810 700s: Chinese used fingerprints to "sign" legal documents. lnphillips1 https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041430353 Fingerprints become important to identity which we still use today.]]> 2022-02-11 00:47:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041430353 Third Century b.c.:Third century b.c.: Erasistratus (c. 304–250 b.c.) and Herophilus (c. 335–280 b.c.) perform the first autopsies in Alexandria. lnphillips1 https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041435703 This allowed for people to understand the anatomy of a human body.]]> 2022-02-11 00:51:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041435703 Late 1400s: Medical schools are established in Padua and Bologna. lnphillips1 https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041441532 Medicine is becoming more important with there being more knowledge in science.]]> 2022-02-11 00:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041441532 1591: Zacharias Janssen (c. 1580–c. 1638) designs the first crude microscope with the help of his father, Hans. lnphillips1 https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041445309 The microscope becomes the most important tool in science.]]> 2022-02-11 00:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041445309 1642: University of Leipzig offers the first courses in forensic medicine. lnphillips1 https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041450311 This allows for people to learn this specific science.]]> 2022-02-11 01:00:59 UTC https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041450311 1683: Antony van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723) employs a microscope to first see living bacteria, which he calls animalcules. lnphillips1 https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041453071 This uses the invention of the microscope to view microscopic life which is still done today.]]> 2022-02-11 01:03:15 UTC https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041453071 1685: Marcello Malpighi first recognizes fingerprint patterns and uses the terms loops and whorls. lnphillips1 https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041455878 This identifies the importance of fingerprints and how they are unique. These unique fingerprint patterns are able to identify people.]]> 2022-02-11 01:05:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041455878 c. 1800: Franz Joseph Gall (1758–1828) develops the field of phrenology. lnphillips1 https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041458357 This allows for the shape and size of the cranium to be studied and how it can relate to mental abilities. ]]> 2022-02-11 01:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041458357 1850s: Rudolph Virchow (1821–1902) establishes the roots of cellular biology and anatomy. lnphillips1 https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041464095 This allows for a better understanding of what makes up the human body.]]> 2022-02-11 01:11:51 UTC https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041464095 1868: Friedrich Miescher (1844–1895) discovers DNA. lnphillips1 https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041467022 From this, DNA becomes an important aspect of science.]]> 2022-02-11 01:14:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041467022 1892 (Sir) Francis Galton published Fingerprints, the first comprehensive book on the nature of fingerprints and their use in solving crime. lnphillips1 https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041470628 Fingerprints are used to assist in solving crimes since each fingerprint is unique to each person.]]> 2022-02-11 01:16:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041470628 1903: The New York State Prison system began the first systematic use of fingerprints in United States for criminal identification. lnphillips1 https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041474522 Since crime and fingerprints can be linked, it allows for criminals to be identified.]]> 2022-02-11 01:19:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041474522 1939: The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin publishes W.H. Krogman’s seminal article on examining skeletal remains, bringing the field of anthropology to the world of forensic investigation. lnphillips1 https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041477395 This allows for another field of science to assist in forensic science.]]> 2022-02-11 01:21:51 UTC https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041477395 1940: Landsteiner and A.S. Wiener first described Rh blood groups. lnphillips1 https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041481866 This shows the study of blood which later on gets categorized into different groups that identifies blood types.]]> 2022-02-11 01:25:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041481866 1977: FBI institutes the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS). lnphillips1 https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041486552 This is the first computerized scans of fingerprints that can be used to identify people.]]> 2022-02-11 01:29:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041486552 1923: Frye v. United States sets standards for the admission of scientific evidence into U.S. courtrooms. lnphillips1 https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041496093 This allows for science to assist in solving murder cases but was questioned due to the fact that the technology couldn't be accurate at that time]]> 2022-02-11 01:36:59 UTC https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041496093 1993: Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals establishes new rules for the admission of scientific evidence into the courtroom and alters the Frye Rules set in 1923. lnphillips1 https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041500820 This case recognized what type of scientific testimony would be eligible in federal court.]]> 2022-02-11 01:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041500820 2007: The creation of "Footwear Intelligence Technology" (FIT) lnphillips1 https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041507509  This database contains thousands of footwear prints and impressions which can be used to quickly identify the footwear that caused the mark at a crime scene. ]]> 2022-02-11 01:45:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041507509 Forensic Informatics lnphillips1 https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041512443 This uses computer programs to try and predict where a criminal lives based on the location of the crimes the they have committed. This software can also be used at murder scenes to basically "map out" the crime.]]> 2022-02-11 01:49:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lnphillips1/y6u9dhyc8ht3h3oo/wish/2041512443