<P> A new body is brought to the facility every five or six months . The bodies typically come from Texas hospitals, funeral homes, or medical examiners' offices; from there, they are strapped to a gurney, loaded into cargo vans, and brought to the ranch, where researchers and student volunteers begin their research on the corpses . </P> <P> The Forensic Anthropology Research Facility (FARF) is a human decomposition research laboratory where questions related to outdoor crime scenes and decomposition rates for human remains under various topographical and climate conditions are investigated . The FARF serves as a resource for students of forensic anthropology as well as state and national law enforcement agencies . The work conducted here will have a direct impact on law enforcement and forensic investigations throughout the state of Texas, and beyond . </P> <P> The Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State accepts body donations for scientific research purposes under the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act . To date they have received 150 bodies, with up to 200 more donations planned . The areas of research conducted with donated bodies will include reconstructing the postmortem interval to determine time since death and related studies in human decomposition . The overall aim of this type of research is to assist law enforcement agents and the medico - legal community in their investigations . </P> <P> While practical restraints currently limit the Forensic Anthropology Research Facility to only around seven acres in the Texas Hill Country, Freeman Ranch has about 4,200 acres (17 km) available . Freeman Ranch is a working ranch that also serves as an educational model for ranch management . It is an area of land for educational outreach and research . Researchers and students visit the ranch and participate in educational activities and projects . Researchers and students are allowed to conduct experiments and studies at the ranch, including forensic anthropology . </P>

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