What happens to our bodies after we die? - Farnaz Khatibi Jafari
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Since the dawn of humanity, an estimated 100.8 billion people have lived and died, a number that increases by about 0.8% of the world’s population each year. What happens to all of those peoples’ bodies after they die? And will the planet eventually run out of burial space? Farnaz Khatibi Jafari traces the evolution of how humanity has treated bodies and burials.
The soil reaction, or pH, greatly affects bone preservation. How does it affect decomposition rate and how much pH could make body decomposition faster? What are some other affecting factors for body decomposition?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Farnaz Khatibi Jafari
- Script Editor Mia Nacamulli
- Director Ivana Bošnjak, Thomas Johnson Volda
- Animator Ivana Bošnjak, Thomas Johnson Volda
- Editor Ivana Bošnjak
- Designer Ivana Bošnjak, Thomas Johnson Volda
- Art Director Ivana Bošnjak, Thomas Johnson Volda
- Storyboard Artist Ivana Bošnjak, Thomas Johnson Volda
- Character Designer Ivana Bošnjak, Thomas Johnson Volda
- Modeler Ivana Bošnjak, Thomas Johnson Volda
- Composer Stephen LaRosa
- Sound Designer Stephen LaRosa
- Narrator Addison Anderson
