New innovations in understanding how a dead body breaks down can be scaled globally.
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Around the world, museums are grappling with the question of what to do with human remains. This includes lifelike copies of those who may have died traumatically.
Pigs, specifically those weighing around 60kg, are useful in human decomposition studies.
Forensic anthropologists are specialized scientists who analyze the skeletal remains of the recently deceased to help authorities figure out who the person was and what happened to them.
If an astronaut were to die on Mars, neither cremation nor burial would be good options.
Though Renaissance concerns about ‘borrowed flesh’ might seem outlandish and out of date, they are surprisingly relevant to the modern surgical landscape.
A funeral director explains how the bodies of the deceased are prepared for burial or cremation in the United States.
An expert on forensic science explains the critical role of coroners and pathologists in the COVID-19 crisis, as many cities struggle to manage the soaring number of dead bodies.
Too may countries are drastically unprepared for the coming weeks and months.
Top contributors
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Professor in Biological Anthropology, Division of Clinical Anatomy and Biological Anthropology, University of Cape Town
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Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Cape Town
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Lecturer in English Literature, University of Reading
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Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice, Clemson University
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Program Director and Assistant Professor of Mortuary Science, Wayne State University
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Director, Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath
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Professor of Space Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
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Friends' Lecturer in Classics and Curator, ANU Classics Museum, Australian National University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand
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Visiting Scholar, University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD), University of Wollongong
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Professor of Anthropology, Clemson University