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Environmental DNARetrieval of modern and ancient environmental DNA (eDNA) from sediments has revolutionized our ability to study past and present ecosystems. Little emphasis has been placed, however, on the fundamentals of the DNA–sediment associations in environmental ...
K. K. Sand +3 more
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Papers in Palaeontology, 2022 The Geiseltal biota is an Eocene lacustrine Konservat‐Lagerstätte in central Germany. Despite its rich fauna and flora (over 50 000 fossil vertebrates, insects and other invertebrates, plants and trace fossils) the taphonomy of the biota, and of the ...
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50 years of scanning electron microscopy of bone—a comprehensive overview of the important discoveries made and insights gained into bone material properties in health, disease, and taphonomy [PDF]
Bone Research, 2019 Bone is an architecturally complex system that constantly undergoes structural and functional optimisation through renewal and repair. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) is among the most frequently used instruments for examining bone.
Furqan A. Shah +2 more
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Deep learning and taphonomy: high accuracy in the classification of cut marks made on fleshed and defleshed bones using convolutional neural networks [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2019 Accurate identification of bone surface modifications (BSM) is crucial for the taphonomic understanding of archaeological and paleontological sites. Critical interpretations of when humans started eating meat and animal fat or when they started using ...
Gabriel Cifuentes‐Alcobendas +1 more
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Why does the UK need a Human Taphonomy Facility?
Forensic Science International, 2019 Anna Williams +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 The Miocene Pisco Formation, broadly exposed in the Ica Desert of southern Peru, is among the most outstanding Cenozoic marine Fossil-Lagerstätten worldwide. It is renowned for its exceptional preservation and abundance of vertebrate fossils, including a
G. Bosio +11 more
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A review of experimental design in forensic taphonomy: moving towards forensic realism
Forensic Sciences Research, 2020 Forensic taphonomy as a discipline requires standardization to satisfy Daubert criteria for scientific data to be admissible in court. In response, there has been a shift towards quantification of methodology and estimating the postmortem interval ...
Kelly L Miles, D. Finaughty, V. Gibbon
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Revisiting the concept of entomotoxicology
Forensic Science International: Synergy, 2020 Until now, the term entomotoxicology has only been used in medico-legal sciences. However, entomotoxicology as a whole has a much wider scope and forensic entomotoxicology is just one of its branches.
Jiri Hodecek
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Biology, 2022 Dermestid beetles (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) are necrophagous insects feeding on mummified carcasses. After six to seven molts, the larvae stop feeding and dig pupation chambers to hide and safely evolve into adults.
Damien Charabidzé +2 more
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Sources, 2021 The Kadruka concession represents an area of study grouping together a large number of funerary (as well as habitat) sites located in Upper Nubia in modern day Sudan.
Emma Maines
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