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With their ability to use tools, remember faces and even learn how to communicate with humans through sign language, non-human primates are considered to be among the smartest creatures on earth.

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The study provides the first evidence that baboons and macaques share the same geometric intuitions present in young humans.

Math difficulty is still not well understood. But a systems approach may lead to advances in diagnosis and treatment.

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