Monkeys apparently don't need a math class to get the gist of geometry. A new study in the Proceedings of the National ...

Our geometric intuition, long considered something that sets us apart, seems to be shared with other primates.

Human understanding of geometry may stretch deep into our evolutionary past. "What surprised us wasn't just that monkeys could do the task. It was that monkeys, children and adults seemed to think ...

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

Monkeys display the same, basic understanding of geometry seen in human preschoolers, according to new research from Carnegie Mellon University's Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Summary: A research team demonstrated that non-human primates (olive baboons and Rhesus macaques), young human children, and adult humans share an evolutionarily ancient intuition for two-dimensional ...