Pre-verbal number sense common to monkeys, babies, college kids

Basic arithmetic and "number sense" appear to be part of the shared evolutionary past of many primates; it's the use of language to explain abstractions that apparently takes human math to a higher level.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news153761341.html">Pre-verbal number sense common to monkeys, babies, college kids</a></p> <p>Basic arithmetic and "number sense" appear to be part of the shared evolutionary past of many primates; it's the use of language to explain abstractions that apparently takes human math to a higher level.</p>