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<\/div>People spinning in their graves is actually quite common, according to gruesome new scientific research.<\/p>
As bodies decompose, they tend to slowly-but-surely writhe around for a year or longer, according to Agence France-Presse<\/em><\/a>. This disturbing factoid comes courtesy of scientists at the Australian Facility for Taphonomic Experimental Research — a “body farm” where human corpses are made available for scientific research — and it could have far-reaching implications for forensic investigators.<\/p> To determine how corpses wriggle around over time, Australian scientists photographed a man’s corpse — donated to the body farm for study — every half hour for 17 months, according to research<\/a> published last month in a new journal called Forensic Science International: Synergy<\/em>.<\/p> Troublingly, the body’s arms started down along its sides — but ended up outstretched.<\/p> “We think the movements relate to the process of decomposition, as the body mummifies and the ligaments dry out,” Central Queensland University scientist Alyson Wilson told AFP<\/em>.<\/p> Wilson told AFP<\/em> that she hopes her discovery can help improve forensic investigators interact with bodies at crime scenes. Time-lapse photography is already a commonly-used practice to monitor decomposition<\/a> and calculate the time of death, but understanding how bodies move over time could make those calculations more accurate.<\/p> “Once I observed a movement in a previous study, I started researching and couldn’t find anywhere in the world that looks at quantifying the movement,” Wilson told AFP<\/em>, “so I thought ‘OK, I’m going to do this.'”<\/p> The post Horrifying Study: Corpses Thrash Around For a Year After Death<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Go here to see the original: People spinning in their graves is actually quite common, according to gruesome new scientific research. As bodies decompose, they tend to slowly-but-surely writhe around for a year or longer, according to Agence France-Presse Continue reading
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