Dr. Danny Wescott - Body Farm at Texas State

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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

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