FUN FINGERPRINT FACTS: 1600-1700's

FUN FINGERPRINT FACTS: 1600-1700's

Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries

In 1684, Nehemiah Grew, an English physician, published the first scientific paper describing the ridge structure of skin covering the fingers and palms.

In 1685, the Dutch physician Govard Bidloo and the Italian physician Marcello Malpighi both published books on anatomy that illustrated the ridge structure of the fingers.

In 1788, the German anatomist Johann Christoph Andreas Mayer discovered that every person's fingerprints are unique.

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FUN FINGERPRINT FACTS: ANCIENT DAYS

FUN FINGERPRINT FACTS: Ancient Days

1. Fingerprints have been found on:

• ·       ancient Babylonian clay tablets, seals, and pottery.
• ·      the walls of Egyptian tombs
• ·      Minoan, Greek, and Chinese pottery
• ·      bricks and tiles from ancient Babylon and Rome.

2. Fingerprints were used as signatures in ancient Babylon.

3. Chinese officials pressed their fingerprints into the clay seals used to seal documents.

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