TED-Ed: Why Didn't This Body Decompose?
TED-Ed: Why Didn't This Body Decompose?
0.0 TED-Ed: Why Didn't This Body Decompose?
2021, 5 m
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It may not appear very lively six feet underground, but a single teaspoon of soil contains more organisms than there are human beings on the planet. Why didn't this 2000-year-old body decompose?