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Clay seals bearing thumbprints were used on contracts in ancient Babylon in Hammurabi's reign

  1. True

  2. False
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In ancient Babylon, during the reign of King Hammurabi (around 1750 BCE), clay seals bearing thumbprints were used on legal contracts to prevent forgery and authenticate documents. This represents one of the earliest recorded uses of fingerprints for identification purposes. It demonstrated an early understanding that physical bodily marks could uniquely identify a person.

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