If you want to know how a tree grows, it's best to watch it happen. If you want to know how plastic breaks down in a landfill, it's best to watch it happen. And if you want to know how a body decomposes, it's best to watch that happen, too. That's what scientists and students do at outdoor forensic anthropology research laboratories — places colloquially referred to as body farms. They're gross, macabre, and super important for law enforcement and beyond.
Where The Dead Tell Tales
And You Thought Your Job Stinks
Tennessee's Farm of Rotting Corpses
Written by
Ashley Hamer
October 28, 2017
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