Fingerprints

Fingerprints can identify us and only us. Everyone’s fingerprints are different; there are no two alike. That’s why they prove so useful when identifying dead bodies or fingerprints at a crime scene. Police use them at crime scenes; banks use them to identify checks. There are so many different uses for fingerprints.

Fingerprints are read by using special kits made for reading every ridge on your finger. DNA specialists are specially trained to read fingerprints. Fingerprints are found by putting dust over them so the ridges stand out then they copy them on to a sticky piece of transparent paper.

Pre-historic picture writing of a hand with ridge patterns was discovered in Nova Scotia. In ancient Babylon, fingerprints were used on clay tablets for business transactions. In ancient China, thumbprints were found on clay seals. In 14th century