human decomposition

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human decomposition

Clues in corpses

a closer look at body farms
Explains how body farms are used to help forensic anthropologists and scientists better understand how the human body decomposes in various conditions. Includes photographs of bodies in different stages of decomposition.
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Body farms

2009
Providing examples from specific cases, this book discusses the studies of human body decomposition in body farms that determine postmortem interval, the period of time between death and discovery of the body.
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