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ENTOMOLOGY?
Forensic science is one which uses scientific
methods and techniques to the
investigation of crime
Entomology is the branch of zoology
concerned with the study of insects
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HISTORY
Historically there have been several
accounts of vague applications that date
back to the 1300s
Only in the last 30 years forensic
entomology has been systematically
explored as a feasible source for evidence in
criminal investigations.
The scientists who laid the foundations for
today modern forensic entomology include
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]Sung Tz'u (1235 AD) ʹ
Chinese ͞death investigator͟
]Wrote ë
]A murder by slashing
occurred in a village, and the local
death investigator was ordered to
solve the crime. The investigator
had all villagers bring their sickles
to one spot and lay them out
before the crowd. Flies were
attracted to one of the sickles,
probably because of invisible
remnants of tissue still remaining
on it, and the owner subsequently
broke down and confessed to the
crime.
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]Italian physician disproved the
theory of spontaneous
generation or abiogenesis
]He proved that fully exposed
or partially exposed rotting
meat developed maggots while
unexposed did not develop
maggots
]He concluded that the
decomposers do not originate
from cadavers but are
introduced from the
surroundings
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It helps in determining
Post Mortem interval (PMI)
Time of Death
Toxic Substance
Entomotoxicology
2nd ʹ Eggs hatch into (maggots) in 12-24 hours.
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