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TED-Ed: Why Didn't This Body Decompose?

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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?

DirectorsThomas Johnson·Ivana Bošnjak Volda
WriterCarolyn Marshall

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Cast · Directed by Thomas Johnson

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Alexandra Panzer
Narrator (voice)

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