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*Colour is somewhat useful for bruises. | *Colour is somewhat useful for bruises. | ||
*Post-mortem injuries tend to be orange-yellow.<ref name=pmid19237864>{{Cite journal | last1 = Campobasso | first1 = CP. | last2 = Marchetti | first2 = D. | last3 = Introna | first3 = F. | last4 = Colonna | first4 = MF. | title = Postmortem artifacts made by ants and the effect of ant activity on decompositional rates. | journal = Am J Forensic Med Pathol | volume = 30 | issue = 1 | pages = 84-7 | month = Mar | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1097/PAF.0b013e318187371f | PMID = 19237864 }}</ref> | *Post-mortem injuries tend to be orange-yellow.<ref name=pmid19237864>{{Cite journal | last1 = Campobasso | first1 = CP. | last2 = Marchetti | first2 = D. | last3 = Introna | first3 = F. | last4 = Colonna | first4 = MF. | title = Postmortem artifacts made by ants and the effect of ant activity on decompositional rates. | journal = Am J Forensic Med Pathol | volume = 30 | issue = 1 | pages = 84-7 | month = Mar | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1097/PAF.0b013e318187371f | PMID = 19237864 }}</ref> | ||
*Wounds age is difficult to determine as [[wounds healing]] is affected by a large number of variables. | |||
*Old wounds (scars), generally, cannot be dated - one can only say they are ''old''. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||