In a world without cameras, biometric databases, or even consistent spelling, identifying individuals could be quite a complex challenge. Before photography helped fix identity to an image, societies developed a range of creative methods to determine who someone was — a task that could be surprisingly difficult, especially when that someone was outside their home community. From scars to seals to signatures, here’s how identity was tracked before photo IDs. Credit: Vita exclusive/ Alamy Stock Photo  Names (and the Trouble With Them) A name was the most basic marker of identity for centuries, but it ...Read More