Monkeys can do math – study
Beijing – Monkeys are found able to
do math, according to a study in the latest Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences on Wednesday.
A Neurobiologist from Harvard
Medical School, Margaret Livingstone said the three rhesus macaques were able
to add the two symbols and compare the number to a single symbol within four
months.
Besides, Livingstone and her
colleagues taught these three monkeys numbers zero through nine and letters
with values zero through 25.
They also found monkeys had trouble
understanding the symbols when the numbers were close in value, thus in needs
further research to determine how monkeys estimate the value of numbers.
(Xinhua/NAN)
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