Contemporary science is suggesting that it can
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Is this an exacting history of humanity?
This is a document that I feel almost beggars belief
Around 14 years ago I copied this document in its entirety. I am glad I did this because I can no longer find any reference to it online. The original sources are shown in the document. I hope that you find the article as compelling as I have.
It seems that bees understand what zero is
Scientists are alleged to have demonstrated that honey bees have the capacity to count and discriminate up to four objects.
It seems that honey bees can discriminate between greater than and less than and as such can understand the concept of zero numerosity. Scientists suggest that honey bees seem to understand the concept of zero in relationship to other numerical values and that zero is lower than one. Scientists are now speculating that because insects, with different brain structures from birds and primates can understand the concept of zero as to whether such capacities might exist in other animals too. If this topic is of interest to you click here.