Are dinosaurs the rule or the exception? Developing concepts of death and extinction

Cognitive Development

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 363-383

  Poling, Devereaux A ^a   Evans, E Margaret ^b  

^a Ohio University Zanesville   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual development; Death; Extinction; Naive biology; Novice expert

Indexed keywords

EID: 3343008729     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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