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      • © 2012 National Geographic News; Video and photos courtesy J. Fagot

        Baboons Can Learn Words?

        April 12, 2012—Baboons can master one of the basic elements of reading-telling the difference between sequences of letters that make words, a new study says.

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        Such beautiful and intelligent animals.

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