Hair Evidence Humans shed an average of approximately 100 head hairs per day, and because hair can be easily transferred during physical contact it is commonly submitted as forensic evidence to ...

Microscopic analysis was the best way to analyze hair evidence available at the ... and relies on statistics, not visual examination. And again and again, DNA analysis has shown that the hairs ...

The technique relied on microscopic examination of hair color ... a researcher in Jackson's group collected hair samples from 20 women in Jordan, the lab member's native country.

At least 1,200 cases are still awaiting examination. Tucked away at the bottom of the Post’s report is another disturbing note: These same FBI examiners taught 500 to 1,000 state and local crime ...