Over the past four decades, several functional hypotheses have been proposed for
archaeological ochre. Ochre has been shown to have antiseptic properties and to inhibit the …

The decomposition process of human (and other mammalian) remains is influenced by
numerous factors such as the environmental temperature, relative humidity, precipitation …

Necrophagous blowflies can provide an excellent source of evidence for forensic
entomologists and are also relevant to problems in public health, medicine, and animal …

With the aim of identifying insects with potential value as indicator species in postmortem
interval (PMI), the location or season of death of human or monogastric animals, two …

The use of forensic entomology has become established as a global science. Recent efforts
in the field bridge multiple disciplines including, but not limited to, microbiology, chemistry …

The use of forensic entomology is well established in the northern hemisphere, but is still
emerging in the southern hemisphere, where most of the current research is not explicitly …

Forensic entomology has been developing globally for decades. Despite this discipline
being used in criminal investigations around the world, only a few controlled studies have …

African carrion communities contain representatives of the same families that occur in
carrion communities on other continents. Checklists and identification guides are tabulated …

The development of entomological methods for estimating the time of death has been rapid
in the last decade, and new methods are on the horizon. These developments are reviewed …

A variety of temperature thresholds for larvae, pupae, and adults of seven African species of
carrion‐feeding blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) was measured and compared to …