";s:4:"text";s:1824:" Tiger DNA expert Uma Ramakrishnan gets special permission to wander India’s protected forests on foot, following the same trails the big cats tread. While she enjoys coming across tigers and their cubs and watching them with binoculars, those sightings aren’t the treasure she’s after. The oldest bog body yet discovered is that of Koelbjerg Woman. The stakes most likely also served as markers, their tops were visible above the water at the time of the burial. U.S. News & World Report has ranked Florida the top state for higher education for three years in a row. Reports of bog bodies surfaced during the early 1700s. The bodies have been most commonly found in the Northern European countries of Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Ireland. However, peat ponds in Florida have also preserved the skeletons of ancient Native Americans. Most bog bodies are found in Northern Europe. Despite general resistence, representatives of tribes in the US recently gave their blessing for DNA analysis of the remains of a Stone Age child. The bodies were often held to the shallow bottom with wooden stakes driven through the fabric covering the bodies. Bog bodies, or bog people, are the naturally preserved corpses of humans and some animals recovered from peat bogs. The State University System of Florida serves more than 300,000 students and is the second largest System in the country. This 25-year-old Danish woman died around 8000 BCE.