Determining the cause and nature of the postmortem processes that living organisms experience is one of the main common issues faced by forensic experts,zooarchaeologists,palaeontologists,and other specialists.Carnivo...Determining the cause and nature of the postmortem processes that living organisms experience is one of the main common issues faced by forensic experts,zooarchaeologists,palaeontologists,and other specialists.Carnivores are among the most destructive agents that can interact with a corpse,since their feeding behaviour can lead to very extensive alterations,complicating the diagnostic identification of which carnivore species was responsible for the death of an individual,a livestock unit,or the formation of a fossil assemblage.Even though some currently available techniques enable forensic experts to undertake a differential diagnosis of carnivore agency from corpse examination.展开更多
基金supported and authorized by the Junta de Andalucía,Consejería de Educación,Cultura y Deporte:Orce Research Project(BC.03.032/17)supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science,Innovation and Universities,with a FPI Predoctoral Grant(PRE2019-089411),associated to project(RTI2018-099850-B-I00)+4 种基金the University of Salamanca.Darío Herranz-Rodrigo was supported by the Ministry of Science,Innovation and Universities,under the contract REF(PEJ2019-005420-A)as part of the i+D+I Garantía JuvenilGonzalo Linares-Matás was supported by an AHRC-Baillie Gifford Doctoral Scholarship(AH/R012709/1)at the University of OxfordJuan Manuel Jiménez-Arenas belongs to the Excellence Unit"Archaeometrical Studies.Inside the Artefacts and Ecofacts"(University of Granada)Junta the Andalucía FEDER Research Project REF(A-HUM-016UGR18)the Junta de Andalucía Research Group"HUM-607"the support of the TIDOP Research Group of the University of Salamanca。
文摘Determining the cause and nature of the postmortem processes that living organisms experience is one of the main common issues faced by forensic experts,zooarchaeologists,palaeontologists,and other specialists.Carnivores are among the most destructive agents that can interact with a corpse,since their feeding behaviour can lead to very extensive alterations,complicating the diagnostic identification of which carnivore species was responsible for the death of an individual,a livestock unit,or the formation of a fossil assemblage.Even though some currently available techniques enable forensic experts to undertake a differential diagnosis of carnivore agency from corpse examination.