Transcription of THE FINGERPRINT SOURCEBOOK
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C H A P T E RHISTORY Jeffery G. BarnesC O N T E N T S3 Introduction3 Ancient History4 221 to 16375 17th and 18th Centuries6 19th Century11 20th Century17 Conclusion17 Reviewers17 References18 Additional Information1 5 CHAPTER 1 HISTORYJ effery G. Barnes Introduction The long story of that inescapable mark of identity has been told and retold for many years and in many ways. On the palm side of each person s hands and on the soles of each person s feet are prominent skin features that single him or her out from everyone else in the world. These fea-tures are present in friction ridge skin which leaves behind impressions of its shapes when it comes into contact with an object. The impressions from the last finger joints are known as fingerprints.
One of the stones . of Newgrange (Courtesy of ... The Chinese were the first culture known to have used friction ridge impressions as a means of identification. The earliest example comes from a Chinese document en-titled “The Volume of Crime Scene Investigation—Burglary”, from the Qin Dynasty (221 to 206 B.C.). ...
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