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posted by Fnord666 on Friday September 13 2019, @09:58PM   Printer-friendly
from the start-of-the-zombie-apocalypse dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

An Australian scientist has proved that human bodies move around significantly for more than a year after death, in findings that could have implications for detectives and pathologists around the world.

After studying and photographing the movements of a corpse over 17-months, Alyson Wilson told AFP on Friday that she found humans don't exactly rest in peace.

In one case study, arms that began held close to the body ended up flung out to the side.

"We think the movements relate to the process of decomposition, as the body mummifies and the ligaments dry out," she said.

[...] Wilson and her colleagues were trying to improve a commonly used system for estimating the time of death using time-lapse cameras and in the process found that human bodies actually move around significantly.

Her findings were recently published in the journal Forensic Science International: Synergy.

A better understanding of these movements and the rate of decomposition could be used by police to estimate time of death more accurately.

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  • (Score: 2) by Mer on Saturday September 14 2019, @06:58AM (1 child)

    by Mer (8009) on Saturday September 14 2019, @06:58AM (#893996)

    No, wrong dance. It's just a jump to the right and then a step to the left. Then you put your hands on your hips and thrust like an egyptian.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 14 2019, @03:41PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 14 2019, @03:41PM (#894081)

    FTFY...
    It's just a jump to the left
    And then a step to the right
    With your hands on your hips
    You bring your knees in tight
    But it's the pelvic thrust
    That really drives you insane