Visiting Tennessee's 'Body Farm' At the University of Tennessee there is a patch of land where human bodies are allowed to decompose in the open air for the sake of science. It's called The Body ...

Editor's Note: WBIR is reporting this week on the evolution of the University of Tennessee's Body Farm. This is the first installment. It all started because Dr. Bill Bass needed a place to keep ...

These bones are from the University of Tennessee’s Anthropology Research Facility, commonly called “The Body Farm.” The skeletons are what's left when the Body Farm is done with the ...

Body farms are facilities where corpses are placed ... A 2005 image of a decaying body at the University of Tennessee's Anthropological Research Facility in Knoxville. A 2005 image of a decaying ...

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (CNN) -- Nearly everything known about the science of human decomposition comes from one place -- forensic anthropologist William Bass' Body Farm. On three acres surrounded by ...

Editor's Note: WBIR is reporting this week on the evolution of the University of Tennessee's Body Farm. This is the third installment. The bones can tell you what happened. They offer clues about ...

1. The first body farm opened as a result of a Civil War mystery—and maggots. Forensic anthropologist William Bass was working for the University of Tennessee and the state's medical examiner's ...

Normally if you fall in the river, it's very difficult to get your pants off," said Dr. Bill Bass, who is the founder of the University of Tennessee's famed Body Farm and one of the foremost ...

The University of Tennessee researcher behind the famous body farm turned 90 on Thursday. Forensic anthropologist and UT professor emeritus Dr. William Bass is known around the world for his ...

Body farms are in operation in Colorado, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas, but the Fox Valley facility will be among the best suited to study the decomposition process in the ...

"The movie 'The Blind Side' most certainly contributed to the folklore of the Body Farm," Steadman said. "The tutor correctly stated that the 'fine people at Tennessee' help the FBI and police ...

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