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Math might seem like a strictly human domain, but scientists have long suspected that animals possess a primitive ability to recognize and compare numbers. The term for this is numerosity—the capacity ...

Most people think that only people can understand numbers, but that's not true. Many animals can naturally figure out how much something costs, see patterns, and make decisions based on simple math.