"Claiming that it is specific to us humans, that only humans can detect geometric regularity, is now falsified," says Nieder.

A trio of animal physiologists at the University of Tübingen, in Germany, has found that at least one species of crow has the ability to recognize geometric regularity. In their study published in the ...

"Claiming that it is specific to us humans, that only humans can detect geometric regularity, is now falsified," says Nieder. "Because we have at least the crow." Previous research has ...