History of Fingerprints

What are used as a means of identifying suspects/criminals in criminal investigations because they are unique to each human being?

• Fingerprints

• Hairstyles

• Fingernails

• Perfumes &/or Colognes

The first use of fingerprints was 3000 years ago in Ancient ____________.

• Babylon

• Thailand

• Peru

• China

In what ancient region did some people sign clay tablets with their fingerprints?

• Assyria

• Babylon

• China

• Denmark

In 1686, Marcello Malpighi noticed what features related to fingerprints?

• Ridges

• Spirals

• Loops

• All of the above

In 1823, John Purkinje published a discussion of how many fingerprint patterns?

• Three

• Five

• Seven

• Nine

Who required Native Americans to sign contracts with hand prints and later with fingerprints?

• Marcello Malpighi

• John Purkinje

• Sir William Herschel

• Dr. Henry Faulds

In 1880, who is credited with recognizing the importance of fingerprints as a means of identification?

• Sir William Herschel

• Dr. Henry Faulds

• Sir Francis Galton

• Juan Vucetich

Who published "Finger Prints" which discussed the anatomy of fingerprints and pattern types?

• Sir Francis Galton

• Juan Vucetich

• Sir Edward Richard Henry

• Stephen King

In 1891, who created a fingerprint classification system in Argentina?

• Sir William Herschel

• Dr. Henry Faulds

• Sir Francis Galton

• Juan Vucetich

Who created another fingerprint system in England (still in use today) that included grouping patterns according to arches, loops, & whorls?

• Sir Edward Richard Henry

• Dr. Henry Faulds

• Sir William Herschel

• Sir Francis Galton