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Criminal
It was the first scientific study of the potential use of fingerprints to identify individuals, and he included his own prints in the title page.
He grouped the patterns into the categories we still use today, like arch, loop and whirl.
— Episode: Bonus Episode: Like a Page from a Book
Episode: Bonus Episode: Like a Page from a Book
It was the first scientific study of the potential use of fingerprints to identify individuals, and he included his own prints in the title page.
He grouped the patterns into the categories we still use today, like arch, loop and whirl.
He wrote, 'let no one despise the ridges on account of their smallness. They are, in some respects, the most important of all anthropological data.'