Recent advances in forensic anthropology: decomposition research

DJ Wescott - Forensic sciences research, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Decomposition research is still in its infancy, but significant advances have occurred within
forensic anthropology and other disciplines in the past several decades. Decomposition …

The effect of body size on the rate of decomposition in a temperate region of South Africa

A Sutherland, J Myburgh, M Steyn, PJ Becker - Forensic science …, 2013 - Elsevier
Forensic anthropologists rely on the state of decomposition of a body to estimate the post-
mortem-interval (PMI) which provides information about the natural events and …

The living dead: bacterial community structure of a cadaver at the onset and end of the bloat stage of decomposition

ER Hyde, DP Haarmann, AM Lynne, SR Bucheli… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Human decomposition is a mosaic system with an intimate association between biotic and
abiotic factors. Despite the integral role of bacteria in the decomposition process, few studies …

Initial insights into bacterial succession during human decomposition

ER Hyde, DP Haarmann, JF Petrosino… - International journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Decomposition is a dynamic ecological process dependent upon many factors such as
environment, climate, and bacterial, insect, and vertebrate activity in addition to intrinsic …

Effect of body mass and clothing on decomposition of pig carcasses

S Matuszewski, S Konwerski, K Frątczak… - International journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Carcass mass and carcass clothing are factors of potential high forensic importance. In
casework, corpses differ in mass and kind or extent of clothing; hence, a question arises …

Differential decomposition among pig, rabbit, and human remains

A Dautartas, MW Kenyhercz, GM Vidoli… - Journal of forensic …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
While nonhuman animal remains are often utilized in forensic research to develop methods
to estimate the postmortem interval, systematic studies that directly validate animals as …

Scoring of decomposition: a proposed amendment to the method when using a pig model for human studies

N Keough, J Myburgh, M Steyn - Journal of forensic sciences, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Decomposition studies often use pigs as proxies for human cadavers. However, differences
in decomposition sequences/rates relative to humans have not been scientifically examined …

The applicability of forensic time since death estimation methods for buried bodies in advanced decomposition stages

S Pittner, V Bugelli, ME Benbow, B Ehrenfellner… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Estimation of the postmortem interval in advanced postmortem stages is a challenging task.
Although there are several approaches available for addressing postmortem changes of a …

A longitudinal study on human outdoor decomposition in Central Texas

JK Suckling, MK Spradley… - Journal of forensic …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The development of a methodology that estimates the postmortem interval (PMI) from stages
of decomposition is a goal for which forensic practitioners strive. A proposed equation …

The effect of seasonality on the application of accumulated degree-days to estimate the early post-mortem interval

SB Giles, K Harrison, D Errickson… - Forensic Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigated the effect of seasonal variables on decomposition in the early post-
mortem period using 26 donated human cadavers at the University of Tennessee's …