Imagine your dead grandmother lying in an open field, being attacked by vultures. It’s a horrifying thought and may seem like the ultimate indignity. But, assuming she is an “inmate” at one of the ...

Taphonomy : bias and process through time / Peter A. Allison and David J. Bottjer -- Taphonomic overprints on Phanerozoic trends in biodiversity : lithification and other secular megabiases / Austin J ...

Taphonomic analysis allows us to understand the formation processes and composition of fossil materials. This Collection contributes to the field’s methodological development while displaying research ...

Imagine your dead grandmother lying in an open field, being attacked by vultures. It’s a horrifying thought and may seem like the ultimate indignity. But, assuming she is an “inmate” at one of the ...

Welcome to the third installment of the Carnal Carnival, this month on the science of taphonomy. What is taphonomy? Roughly, it's the study of what happens to an organism after death, from decay ...

1. Introduction : collection of macroscopic osseous taphonomic data and the recognition of taphonomic suites of characteristics / James T. Pokines -- 2. Microscopic destruction of bone / Miranda M.E.

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Shivangi Rao is a Scientific Officer in the Biology/DNA Division at the State Forensic Science Laboratory, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. She is also a Research Scholar in the Department of Forensic Science at ...

The next edition of the Carnal Carnival – the monthly blog event focused on all things fascinatingly disgusting – is fast approaching. On Friday, October 22nd I’ll be featuring a collection of posts ...

Welcome to the third installment of the Carnal Carnival, this month on the science of taphonomy. What is taphonomy? Roughly, it’s the study of what happens to an organism after death, from decay ...