The Anthropology department at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville has a section of land where they let human corpses decompose completely. The biological anthropology courses (both graduate and undergraduate) spend part of the time in fieldwork at the site.
http://web.utk.edu/~anthrop/FACresources.html From the site: Anthropological Research Facility The Research Facility, begun in 1972 by Dr. William M. Bass, provides an ideal setting to scientifically document postmortem change. This outdoor field laboratory enables the investigation of parameters which are crucial in time since death estimates. Donated remains make this research possible and simultaneously provide a modern osteological teaching collection. Presently, this demographically-rich collection consists of almost 400 skeletons. These individuals are essential for providing education and training in forensic anthropology and skeletal biology for students and law enforcement agencies. They are also invaluable for updating demographic and biological standards. -- Stinky meat indeed. larry At 01:51 PM 8/5/2003 -0500, Deanna Schneider wrote: >Bah. They did that years ago. It doesn't look like they've added any new >science projects recently. What a bummer. I was particularly intrigued by >the fat project. What must go on in the minds of folks to agree to do that. >Okay, same can be said for stinky feet. But, fat is probably harder to get >rid of than athletes foot. > >-d > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "William Wheatley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 1:40 PM >Subject: stinky meat > > > > http://www.thespark.com/science/stinkymeat/ > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
