Ha-Ha! Ape study traces evolution of laughter

[L. Coyote]

Malcolm Ritter, Ap Science Writer – Thu Jun 4, - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090604/ap_on_sc/us_sci_ape_laughter

NEW YORK – When scientists set out to trace the roots of human laughter, some chimps and gorillas were just tickled to help. Literally.

That's how researchers made a variety of apes and some human babies laugh. After analyzing the sounds, they concluded that people and great apes inherited laughter from a shared ancestor that lived more than 10 million years ago.

Experts praised the work. It gives very strong evidence that ape and human laughter are related through evolution, said Frans de Waal of the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University in Atlanta.

As far back as Charles Darwin, scientists have noted ....

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Somebody call Kansas :rofl:

[Mojambo]

1. Further findings from the study show that neither Apes nor Humans will laugh at Dane Cook. n/t

[L. Coyote]

3. But apes laugh at Fox News

:rofl:

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[BlooInBloo]

2. The money 'graf....

"After measuring 11 traits in the sound from each species, they mapped out how these sounds appeared to be related to each other. The result looked like a family tree. Significantly, that tree matched the way the species themselves are related, the scientists reported online Thursday in the journal Current Biology."

Fascinating.

[dweller]

5. it probably culminates upon some upper twig on a branch where

Will Rogers (and i'll paraphrase here) says: Funny how we all point and laugh at others, and then look in the mirror and never crack a smile" ...

seriously folks, as a species, we need to lighten the fuck up.
dp

:rofl: cuz i can...

[rwheeler31]

6. You cannot touch babies ,that is indecent, or they might laugh.

Ok which is it?