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New forensic entomology observations expand knowledge of decomposition ecology

Fans of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and similar TV shows know that forensic entomology involves the use of insects and other arthropods in legal matters, including homicide cases. Entomologists who ...
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Taphonomy of human remains : forensic analysis of the dead and the depositional environment / edited by Eline M.J. Schotsmans, Dr. Nicholas Márquez-Grant, Shari Forbes

ANTHMAI copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Introduction -- Part I General Post-Mortem Processes: Degradation of Soft Tissue, Bone and Associated Materials -- 1 Gross ...
Purdue University

Purdue Entomology to host second Cold Case Symposium

The Purdue College of Agriculture’s Department of Entomology will host the second Cold Case Symposium Oct. 12 in the Purdue Memorial Union. Last year’s symposium was held in Phoenix, Arizona, in ...
Nature

The Study of Insects

PROF. G. D. H. CARPENTER delivered the first part of his inaugural lecture as Hope professor of zoology iii the University of Oxford, on November 17. After speaking of the important part played by the ...