ANTHROP 3FA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Forensic Entomology, Taphonomy, Buoyancy
26 Apr 2019
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Forensic entomology: immediately after death the body is colonized by insects, types of insects, insect life cycles and the succession of species, helps to establish, time since death. Different species in different seasons: geographic origin of remains, movement of remains, identification of trauma. Insects attracted to blood and wounds: presence of drugs. Could increase the time they have actually been deceased. Entomology: insect succession: different stages of human decomposition will attract different species of insects. Entomology: colonization patterns & trauma: insects will first colonize orifices (e. g. nose, mouth, etc, will also take advantage of wounds, consider the location of the insects in order to identify possible circumstances surrounding death. Botany: twigs, flowers, seeds, pollen, etc , plants in/under/on remains. 2: evidence for, body relocation, link perpetrator to scene, estimate pmi, age of plants growing through/in remains when the remains became skeletonized.
