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This dimension groups forensic disciplines by the era in which they were formally established. Wikipedia notes that forensic science is "a broad field utilizing numerous practices such as the analysis of DNA, fingerprints, bloodstain patterns, firearms, ballistics, toxicology, microscopy, and fire debris analysis," practices that have each been formalized at different points in the field's history. Browsing by formalized era lets a visitor compare disciplines established in the same period.

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1950 1
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1. Forensic Anthropology (Wikipedia)
Forensic anthropology, History section
Quote, Forensic anthropology, History section
During the 1950s, the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps employed forensic anthropologists in the identification of war casualties during the Korean War. It was at this time that forensic anthropology officially began.
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