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Introduction: Young Children?fs Developing Understanding of the Biological WorldPeter J. Marshall and Kimberly Brenneman 1. ?gInhabitants of the Earth?h: Reasoning About Folkbiological Concepts in Wichi Children and AdultsAndrea S. Taverna, Douglas L. Medin, and Sandra R. Waxman 2. Generation Conservation: Children?fs Developing Folkbiological and Moral Conceptions of Protecting Endangered SpeciesJolina H. Ruckert 3. Direct Experience With Nature and the Development of Biological KnowledgeSarah E. Longbottom and Virginia Slaughter 4. Young Chinese Children?fs Justifications of Plants as Living ThingsYing Tao 5. Children?fs Cognitive and Behavioral Reactions to an Autonomous Versus Controlled Social Robot DogNadia Chernyak and Heather E. Gary 6. Are Prompts Provided by Electronic Books as Effective for Teaching Preschoolers a Biological Concept as Those Provided by Adults?Gabrielle A. Strouse and Patricia A. Ganea 7. Changing Minds With the Story of Adaptation: Strategies for Teaching Young Children About Natural SelectionNatalie Emmons, Hayley Smith, and Deborah Kelemen 8. Children?fs Ability to Learn Evolutionary Explanations for Biological AdaptationAndrew Shtulman, Cara Neal, and Gabrielle Lindquist 9. Using Animals to Teach Children Biology: Exploring the Use of Biological Explanations in Children?fs Anthropomorphic StorybooksMegan Geerdts, Gretchen Van De Walle, and Vanessa LoBue 10. Body and soul: Do children distinguish between foods when generalizing biological and psychological properties?Jean-Pierre Thibaut, Simone P. Nguyen, and Gregory L. Murphy