Human Laughter Up To 16 Million Years Old

An anonymous reader writes "Published today in the journal Current Biology, a new study shows that laughter is not a unique human trait, but a behavior shared by all great apes. Tickle a baby chimpanzee and it will giggle just like a human infant. This is because laughter evolved millions of years ago in one of our common ancestors, say scientists."

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Re:These evolutionists should be gagged and put in

[SanityInAnarchy]

We all know that science is a conspiracy to gain control of the government and children.

No, science is a process by which we observe the world and try to understand it. That's all.

And by the way, technology is applied science. If science is really such a conspiracy, you, sir, have no business using a computer, or any of the fruits of science, if you truly believe what you're saying. I hope the next time you're offered antibiotics, you refuse them, on the grounds that you believe evolution is a conspiracy -- after all, without evolution, no antibiotics, and no modern medicine.

Let's say you're right. Let's pretend for a moment that science really is some vast conspiracy with some "liberal" agenda. What would be the point?

I mean, think about this for two seconds. Can you actually come up with a motive that makes sense? Really, now -- a vast, global conspiracy, among tons of educated people -- people who often disagree on other things, and are not easily lead (think "herding cats"), but all agree that the evidence for evolution is overwhelming -- to, what, convince people of evolution?

Dude. At least the moon hoax kind of makes sense, to boost the morale of the country, and to be able to say we were there first -- and that's bunk, too. Your conspiracy theory doesn't even make as much sense as the moon hoax.

But then, I'm not sure why I'm going to bother arguing with you...

These evolutionists should be gagged and put in their place.

Clearly, you don't believe in freedom of speech, either, let alone separation of church and state. These are not dangerous liberal ideals, these are the founding principles of the United States of America. I don't know that you live here, but if you do, your whole post here is an insult to your country -- the founding fathers would've been ashamed.