According to historical accounts of the 1918 influenza pandemic, victims were often hastily buried in unmarked graves. Cremation was an uncommon practice and undertakers were unable to keep pace with the daunting task of burying the dead.
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Sudanese medical officials warned Monday that more than 1,500 unidentified bodies piled up in several of the country’s morgues could lead to an outbreak of disease, amid accusations the government is covering up their causes of death.
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Multiple researchers began noticing that bodies donated and placed in the soil at the same time were not decomposing in the same way.
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How frequent was violence in prehistoric human societies? One way to measure this is to look for trauma in prehistoric human remains.
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Mexican authorities have arrested a retired general and three other members of the army for alleged connection to the disappearance of 43 students in southern Mexico in 2014.
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National Missing and Unidentified Persons Day may not be for another 5 months, but that isn’t stopping the Richland County Coroner’s Office (S.C.) and Columbia Police Department from getting a head start.
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Bodies of murder victims are found in suitcases with astonishing regularity. But they present a particular challenge for police investigating the crime.
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Using aDNA, archaeologists discovered that an ancient Greek leader known today as the Griffin Warrior likely grew up around the seaside city he would one day rule.
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Previous recent conflicts that resulted in war crime allegations and investigations offer context for understanding the challenges in independently investigating them.
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Located between and above your eyebrows, the frontal sinuses develop in shapes that are as unique to each person as a fingerprint. Since 1925, they’ve been used by forensic anthropologists to help identify human remains.
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