Dr. Wescott of Texas State University joins the show to discuss the Texas State body farm (Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State - FACTS) and the forensic research carried out there.
Books, articles, and selected people mentioned in this episode:
- Dr. Wescott's ResearchGate profile
- Haglund & Sorg, Advances in Forensic Taphonomy: Method, Theory, and Archeological Perspectives
- DO Carter, D Yellowlees, M Tibbett “Cadaver decomposition in terrestrial ecology”, Science of Nature 94(1), 2007
- Lee Lyman, Vertebrate Taphonomy
- PS Barton, D Lindenmeyer, AD Manning, SA Cunningham, “The role of carrion in maintaining biodiversity and ecological processes in terrestrial ecosystems”, Oecologia 171(4), 2012
- John Currey, Bones: Structure and Mechanics
- David Burr, Basic and Applied Bone Biology
- C Ruff, B Holt, E Trinkaus, “Who’s afraid of the big bad Wolff?: Wolff’s Law and bone functional adaptation”, Am J Phys Anthropol, 129(4), 2006
- P Capodaglio, et al. “Effect of obesity on knee and ankle biomechanics while walking,” Sensors (Basel), 21(21), 2021
- BA Sanford, et al. “Hip, knee, and ankle joint forces in healthy weight, overweight, and obese individuals during walking” 2014
- Neil Shubin, Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5 Billion-Year History of the Human Body
- Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
