The University of Tennessee Forensic Anthropology Facility, otherwise known as the Body Farm, was created to analyze the decomposition process and see what takes place after death. The facility aids in teaching and exploring areas of death that were once unknown to forensic science. Without the body farm, many questions would still remain unanswered in the world of forensics.
<Tab/>Dr. William Bass founded the establishment in 1971 after realizing that there were not any other institutions investigating the science of body decomposition. …
