Mysterious Body Movements After Death / The Strange Secret of Corpses

The common belief is that the human body remains completely still after death, but a researcher's 17 months of observations in Australia have shown a different picture.

Ambassador Arjan: The common belief is that the human body remains completely motionless after death, but the 17-month observation of a researcher in Australia has shown a different picture.

Mortuary stasis is one of the biological signs of death, but as decomposition begins, this sign is lost, and researchers now tell us that, in fact, a corpse can move for more than a year after death. The discovery was made in the "Farm of the Dead" in the suburbs of Sydney, Australia. Alison Wilson, a criminology graduate from Central Queensland University, spent 17 months photographing the movements of one of the 70 bodies kept there. His goal was to improve the system used to estimate time of death using time-lapse cameras. He concluded that the bodies were not truly at rest. They continue to move more than a year after death.

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It is worth noting that burial grounds are research centers that allow scientists to study human corpses; Especially with the aim of improving forensic medicine.

The Australian Institute of Experimental Taphonomy Research studies biodegradation processes, particularly those that occur from death to fossilization.

Researchers believe that the observed body movements are related to decomposition. The body becomes mummified and the ligaments dry up. Newly, the possible intervention of some insects or gases that are still trapped in the body is also involved in this, and in this way, the primary arms that are placed along the body, can move to the sides and maybe even return to their original position.

Alison Wilson hopes the research will help estimate time of death more accurately. This can reduce the number of missing cases associated with unidentified bodies, and understanding how decomposition can affect the position of a body can also help reduce the number of errors or misinterpretations at a crime scene.