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'This is going to affect how we determine time since death': how studying body donors in the bush is changing forensic science

  • Written by Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling

On the outskirts of Sydney, in a secret bushland location, lies what’s officially known as the Australian Facility for Taphonomic Experimental Research (AFTER). In books and movies, it’d be called a body farm.

Maiken Ueland at the AFTER facility run by UTS.Supplied by UTS, Author provided

Taphonomy is the study of how an organism breaks...

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