What happens to our bodies after we die? - Farnaz Khatibi Jafari

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-happens-to-our-bodies-after-we-die-farnaz-khatibi-jafari Since the dawn of humanity, an estimated 100.8 billion people have lived and died,...

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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 .8% of the world's population each year.What happens to all of those people's bodies after they dieand will the planet eventually run out of burial space?When a person's heart stops beating,the body passes through several stages before it begins decomposing.Within minutes after death,the blood begins settling in the lower-most parts of the body.Usually eight to twelve hours later,the skin in those areas is discolored by livor mortis, or post-mortem stain.And while at the moment of death the body's muscles relax completelyin a condition called primary flaccidity,they stiffen about two to six hours later in what's known ...