Amazon Children "Spontaneously" Understand Geometry
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In this National Geographic News article, read about the discovery that the Amazon's Mundurucú Indians have a seemingly natural understanding of geometry concepts, even though their language doesn't have words for them. Research revealed that Mundurucú children understand certain geometry concepts about as well as U.S. schoolchildren. Links to other stories, photos, videos and Web sites are also found on this page.
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