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The genetics of human intelligence

Unexpected Elements

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Do the Bees Know the Numbers?

Bees don't count by pointing at items to be counted, but with their whole bodies. Counting is different from having a simple number sense like being able to recognize more versus less or label very tiny sets of objects such as one, two and three. Almost every animal that we've studied can recognize the difference between 1, 2 and 3 - not counting. Only three na numans have succeeded in this,. boisan, sheba, matsous i and alex.

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