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We know for a fact that cats, dogs, and humans do.


Sure, but can earthworms? Butterflies? Oak trees? Slime mould? At what point in the history of life did sufficient discrimination to differentiate e.g. a cat and a dog actually arise? Are the mechanisms used for this universal? Are some better than others? etc.


As adults, not (as per this thread) genetically.




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