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Perspectives on the establishment of a canadian human taphonomic facility: The experience of REST[ES]

Forensic Science International: Synergy, 2020
REST[ES] is the first Canadian human taphonomic facility (HTF) dedicated to research and training relating to human decomposition in a northern temperate climate. The following paper outlines the measures taken to successfully establish, open and operate
Emily L. Pecsi, Gilles Bronchti, Frank Crispino, Shari L. Forbes   +3 more
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Taphonomy Facilities as Teaching Aids

, 2017
The establishment of the human taphonomic facility helped drive the interest in human decomposition and boosted the term taphonomy into the forensic science arena.
Anna Williams, Peter Cross, Cross, Peter, Williams, Anna   +3 more
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Assessing Patterns of Moisture Content in Decomposing, Desiccated, and Mummified Tissue in Western North Carolina

Forensic Sciences
Background: Estimating the postmortem interval (PMI) is complicated by extrinsic environmental and intrinsic individual factors. Methods: Improved accuracy may be achieved through a better understanding of desiccation.
Christine A. Bailey, Autumn N. Lennartz, Maggie M. Klemm, Cameron A. Matheson, Carter A. Unger, Rebecca L. George   +5 more
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Comparison of Faunal Scavenging of Submerged Carrion in Two Seasons at a Depth of 170 m, in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia

Insects, 2017
The taphonomy of carcasses submerged in the ocean is little understood, yet it is extremely important ecologically and forensically. The objectives of this study were to determine the fate of pig carcasses as human proxies in the Strait of Georgia at 170
Gail S. Anderson, Lynne S. Bell
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Avaliação da sucessão fúngica em carcaça de suíno (Sus scrofa l.) para a determinação de intervalo post mortem [PDF]

, 2014
TCC(graduação) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro de Ciências Biológicas. Biologia.A Medicina Legal tem utilizado diferentes ferramentas capazes de auxiliar na determinação do intervalo post mortem (IPM).
Rodrigues, Tábata Burkhardt
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“Dissolving the Evidence”: A Forensic Experimental Study on Tissue Destruction and Trace Detection

Applied Sciences
This study presents a multidisciplinary forensic experiment evaluating the destructive effects of household chemical agents on animal bone and soft tissue analogues, with a particular focus on traumatic lesion persistence and trace evidence detection.
Larisa Adela Udriștioiu, Ioana Dincă, George Cristian Curcă   +2 more
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Paleoecological and taphonomic implications of insect-damaged pleistocene vertebrate remains from Rancho La Brea, southern California.

PLoS ONE, 2013
The La Brea Tar Pits, the world's richest and most important Late Pleistocene fossil locality, offers unsurpassed insights into southern California's past environments.
Anna R Holden, John M Harris, Robert M Timm   +2 more
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Advancing Forensic Taphonomy: Quantitative Methods and Emerging Technologies

Forensic anthropology now stands as a fundamental discipline of forensic science, primarily dealing with identifying human remains and supporting legal investigations.
Sanjay Gupta, Daideepya Chandra Bhargava
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Technical Note: A comparison of solvents for optimal extraction and morphological identification of blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from sticky traps

Forensic Science International: Synergy
Passive sampling techniques such as sticky traps are recommended for research studies assessing colonisation patterns of forensically important flies.
Kate M. Barnes, Mark T. Bulling, Gosia Wosik, Alana F.V. Twinn, Samara Lemon, Chloe Foreman, Kinga Babiarz, Katherine Brown   +7 more
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Forensic Anthropology

Forensic Anthropology is the application of the science of anatomy, physical anthropology, archaeology, and taphonomy to aid the law enforcement agencies in recovery, examination, and identification of skeletal remains.
Shedge, R, Krishan, K., Warrier, V., Kanchan, T., Guite, K., Shedge, R.   +5 more
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