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Plants Do Something Weird When They Grow Near Human Corpses, Scientists Say – Futurism
The researchers are planning to test their new cadaver discovering technique at the University of Tennessee’s “body farm.”
Its like an episode of True Detective.
How do you find human remains in a massive natural ecosystem like the Amazon rainforest? According to a new paper published in the journal Trends in Plant Science, tree and shrub canopies could guide search and rescue teams to find human remains, as CNN reports.
As they decompose, human remains create cadaver decomposition islands, the researchers write, altering the surrounding soil, roots and leaves. These changes could even be detected remotely.
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