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 …
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…and possible causal explanations. The University of Tennessee Forensic Anthropology Facility has played an important role in the history of human decomposition. Although Dr. Bass suggests that in his institute's 29 years, they have only scratched the surface of understanding the decomposition process; without the institute many questions would still be unanswered. Students would be left without the enrichment and advancements that they deserve, and the Federal Bureau of Investigations would be left in the dark.