Fingerprints

Fingerprints

1750 years before Christ was born, people in Babylon used fingerprints as signatures on tablets.
The Chinese first used ink in the year 220. Fingerprints then became a forgotten item for 1,466
Years. A man called Malpighius then brought them back in the year 1686. After that many
discoveries were made: J.E Purkynje found out that fingerprints could be classified, Sir William Herschel
made laborers to sign contracts with fingerprints in India. In 1877 he also took copies of prisoners
Fingerprints and put them in a file. Gilbert Thompson, in 1882, used thumbprints in the USA on checks to
avoid fraud. In 1924, in America Identifications Division from the FBI started.
By studying fingerprints with science you will easily find out that all fingerprints are permanent.
Fingerprints are made when you are at your fetal stage, prior to birth. And they remain the same throughout
your whole lifetime unless you happen to come across scarring. There are seve...