The field of taphonomy was generally defined by Efremov in 1940 as the study of the
processes by which organic remains pass from the biosphere into the lithosphere as the …

North American forensic anthropological research should conform to the Daubert criteria
(USA) and Mohan ruling (Canada) to ensure admissibility in a court of law. Positive …

The process of decomposition of bodies in the marine environment is poorly understood and
almost nothing is currently known about the microorganisms involved. This study aimed to …

The interest to study aquatic insects has exhibited exponential growth from early roots in
limnology and sport-fishery types of inquiry almost five decades ago (Merritt et al. 2008a) …

Within northwest Europe, especially the United Kingdom, the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and the
Eurasian Badger (Meles meles) are the largest wild scavengers capable of modifying a set …

Since work began on the first volume Forensic Taphonomy in 1993 (Haglund and Sorg,
1997a), traditional taphonomy and forensic research has undergone significant change …

Postmortem animal mutilations due to domestic dogs in isolated domestic deaths are
taphonomic modifications regularly observed by forensic pathologists. They are rarely …

Offender profiling has been developing slowly as a possible investigative tool since 1841
and the publication of Edgar Allen Poe's The Murder in the Rue Morgue. In this book …

The study of forensic evidence using archaeology is a new discipline which has rapidly
gained importance, not only in archaeological studies but also in the investigation of real …

This entomological study was conducted in a man-made freshwater pond in a palm oil
plantation in Tanjung Sepat, Selangor from 23 July 2007 by using pig (Sus scrofa) as a …