In what way is cuneiform number system similar to the system we use today please help
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The number sense is not the ability to count, but the ability to recognize that something has changes in a small collection. Some animal species are capable of this.
The number of young that the mother animal has, if changed, will be noticed by all mammals and most birds. Mammals have more developed brains and raise fewer young than other species, but take better care of their young for a much longer period of time.
Many birds have a good number sense. If a nest contains four eggs, one can safely be taken, but when two are removed the bird generally deserts. The bird can distinguish two from three.1
An experiment done with a goldfinch showed the ability to distinguish piles of seed: three from one, three from two, four from two, four from three, and six from three. The goldfinch almost always confused five and four, seven and five, eight and six, and ten and six.
Another experiment involved a squire who was trying to shoot a crow which made its nest in the watchtower of his estate. The squire tried to surprise the crow, but at his approach, the crow would leave, watch from a distance, and not come back until the man left the tower. The squire then took another man with him to the tower. One man left and the other stayed to get the crow when it returned to the nest, but the crow was not deceived. The crow stayed away until the other man came out. The experiment was repeated the next day with three men, but the crow would not return to the nest. The following day, four men tried, but it was not until that next day with five men that the crow returned to the nest with one man still in the tower.2
The number of young that the mother animal has, if changed, will be noticed by all mammals and most birds. Mammals have more developed brains and raise fewer young than other species, but take better care of their young for a much longer period of time.
Many birds have a good number sense. If a nest contains four eggs, one can safely be taken, but when two are removed the bird generally deserts. The bird can distinguish two from three.1
An experiment done with a goldfinch showed the ability to distinguish piles of seed: three from one, three from two, four from two, four from three, and six from three. The goldfinch almost always confused five and four, seven and five, eight and six, and ten and six.
Another experiment involved a squire who was trying to shoot a crow which made its nest in the watchtower of his estate. The squire tried to surprise the crow, but at his approach, the crow would leave, watch from a distance, and not come back until the man left the tower. The squire then took another man with him to the tower. One man left and the other stayed to get the crow when it returned to the nest, but the crow was not deceived. The crow stayed away until the other man came out. The experiment was repeated the next day with three men, but the crow would not return to the nest. The following day, four men tried, but it was not until that next day with five men that the crow returned to the nest with one man still in the tower.2
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