Researchers have identified a technique that focuses on a maggot’s gene expression and metabolic changes to more accurately estimate how long someone has been dead.
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Within forensic anthropology in the U.S., there remains no unifying standardization for analyzing cases or writing reports that can be used independent of work environment, education or case circumstance, which may compromise forensic anthropological expertise in courtroom testimony.
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As one of approximately seven forensic anthropologists throughout the state with expertise in fire crime scene investigations, Juarez and other disaster response professionals saw the need for training others to be better prepared to assist in future disasters.
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The results clearly illustrate how effectively historical data can be verified and past violent deaths can be reconstructed in unprecedented detail through the cooperation of the humanities and the natural sciences.
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In a field west of Paris, France, a group of 17, including graduate students, professors and alumni from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, meticulously worked to find those who went missing in World War II.
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The first pig dig course was so successful that former volunteers were able to make a tradition of joining current volunteers on crime scene projects, resulting in a multigenerational project.
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Colorado regulatory inspectors discovered over 20 dead bodies in various states of decay hidden inside the Davis Mortuary funeral home owned by elected Pueblo County Coroner Brain Cotter and his brother Chris Cotter.
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Process mapping is used to visually represent a workflow's critical steps and decision points.
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With support from a $2 million collaborative grant, researchers from UNT Health Fort Worth are using artificial intelligence and machine learning to develop new software to help forensic anthropologists accurately identify human remains.
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It is unknown when or how the man died, but there was no direct evidence of a traumatic injury, like a gunshot wound or blunt force trauma, and the man's cause and manner of death were ruled as undetermined.
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