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Pollen for the prosecution?

An analysis of pollen species found in the nasal cavities of 32 skeletons unearthed in Magdeburg, Germany, points to summer deaths, implicating Soviet secret police as the murderers.

 

References:

Szibor, R., et al. 1998. Pollen analysis reveals murder season. Nature 395(Oct. 1):449.

 

Sources:

Reinhard Szibor
Otto-von-Guericke-Universitat Magdeburg
Institut fur Rechtsmedizin
Leipziger Strasse 44
D-39120 Magdeburg
Germany

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 20, November 14, 1998, p. 316. Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.


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