Life on the body farm

Matthew Reisz on the scientific benefits of leaving corpses out to rot

Published on
November 5, 2015
Last updated
November 13, 2015
Human skull lying in-grass, researcher Kate Spradley in background
Source: PA
Field of interest: Kate Spradley, associate professor of anthro­pology, looks over skeletal remains at Texas State Univer­sity’s body farm

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Print headline: Bodies of evidence

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