Can you match a photo to the discrete camera it was taken with, without metadata?

Over on Quora, a user asks the following question: "Are there enough digital and/or analog difference in individual cameras/houses/lenses that photos will have fingerprint of sorts?

When, or in what circumstance could a photograph be linked not only to a lens/house model or manufacturer but to one specific camera, distinguished from any other camera of the same model?" Essentially, can you

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