title: Comparative thanatology.
abstract: A quick guide on comparative thanatology, the study of death and dying, particular how individuals respond to a conspecific's death, across animal phylogeny.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Letters, Yoshida-honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. Electronic address: j.r.anderson@psy.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D003643:Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011323:Primates / Q000523:psychology*; D012919:Social Behavior; D013795:Thanatology