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Laughter evolved 10m years ago

By T.K. Randall
June 7, 2009 · Comment icon 3 comments

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Scientists have used recordings of modern day apes being tickled in order to trace the origins of laughter back over 10 million years to the last common ancestor humans shared with them.
The first hoots of laughter from an ancient ancestor of humans rippled across the land at least 10 million years ago, according to a study of giggling primates. Researchers used recordings of apes and babies being tickled to trace the origins of laughter back to the last common ancestor that humans shared with the modern great apes, which include chimpanzees, gorillas and orang-utans."


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Comment icon #1 Posted by karl 12 15 years ago
Great post !
Comment icon #2 Posted by ROGER 15 years ago
The oldest "confirmed" joke in the world is actually a riddle: Question - What animal walks on 4 feet in the morning, 2 at noon and 3 at evening? Answer - Man. He goes on all fours as a baby, on two feet as a man, and uses a cane in old age. This is the oldest known written joke in the world. It was posed by the Sphinx in ancient Greek mythology and answered by Oedipus. http://answers.google.com/answers/threadvi...121.html#answer
Comment icon #3 Posted by KRS-One 15 years ago
The longest running joke ends with the punchline "The aristocrats". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aristocrats_(joke) from 2:50 onward. Alternatively: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3GnuJPy9QA...feature=related


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