# Folkbiology

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- Book: [Folkbiology](https://www.bookquiver.com/douglas-l-medin/folkbiology) ([Folkbiology.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/douglas-l-medin/folkbiology.md))
- Authors: [Douglas L. Medin](https://www.bookquiver.com/douglas-l-medin), [Scott Atran](https://www.bookquiver.com/scott-atran)
- Publisher: The MIT Press
- ISBN: 978-02-6263-192-1
- Pages: 514
- Published: 1999-06-08
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The term " folkbiology" refers to people's everyday understanding of the biological world—how they perceive, categorize, and reason about living kinds. The study of folkbiology not only sheds light...