SETI public: Math skills evolved independent of language

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From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Thu Feb 17 2005 - 08:03:15 PST

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    Math skills evolved independent of
    language

    NewScientist.com News Feb. 19, 2005
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    A study of people with language
    difficulties suggests that
    mathematical skill evolved
    independently of language.
    Researchers studied three people
    with extensive damage to the brain's
    left hemisphere, including language
    areas. All were competent
    calculators, though, able to solve
    simple subtraction, division and
    multiplication...

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