Document Type

Commentary

Publication Date

1-31-2003

Abstract

Given our complex language and reasoning abilities, do human beings understand more about death and mortality than other animals...or do we just think we do? Upon witnessing the death of several small creatures, commentator Tom Montgomery-Fate reflects on what we may not know about the ending of life.

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