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nice try but .. in the wild, many animals are born that display navigation and awareness within minutes .. Science calls it "instinct" but I am not sure it is completely understood..


? Op specified "human".

Deer are able to walk within moments of birth. Humans are not deer, and the gestation is entirely different. As are instincts.

Neither deer nor humans instinctually understand man made materials.


Our cats understand cardboard boxes, and the concept of hiding in them. I don't know whether they do so instinctually, but as young kittens it didn't take them long.




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