Question

What information are scientists gaining from human hair? how did isotopic analysis develop? how does isotopic analysis work? what were forensic scientists in the u.k. able to learn through isotopic analysis? how could forensic scientists use isotopic analysis?

Answer 1

1.   The information scientists are getting from human hair is one single strand can inform you what you consume and drink in your diet. It can also enlighten you when and where the individual has been – geographic location.

2.    It developed when a professor named Professor J. Ehleringer from a university in Utah began puzzled what animals consume and drink and if they move over era. He then concludes that hair is like a tape recorder and it can demonstrate what an individual consumes, drinks, and where they were at that era.

3.   An isotopic analysis works by getting oxygen and hydrogen. Their dissimilar isotopes are located in different clusters but it is depends on where the water comes from, then that mix gets put down in the tissues of the animals or humans that consume the water.

4.   Through isotopic analysis, forensic scientists can recognize mutilated or weakened body; they can also recognize what is the history of his life.

5.   Forensic isotope analysis can help to identify a mutilated executed victim.