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Human Laughter Up To 16 Million Years Old

Posted by samzenpus on from the a-pierolapithecus-catalaunicus-walks-into-a-bar dept.

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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  1. Eat my ?o?t?e'? penis! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Eat my ?o?t?e'? penis!

  2. Methodology? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Did they test this on children of all races (including mutts) and most especially, niggers? I don't think there's a huge difference, truth be told...

  3. Well I'll be a monkey's uncle! by Chas · · Score: -1, Troll

    Unless the Intelligent *COUGH*CREATIONISTS*COUGH* Design people get their *COUGH*IDIOTIC*COUGH* way!

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  4. These evolutionists should be gagged and put in th by microbox · · Score: -1, Troll

    You're right, the whole article is fundamentally missing the point. Evolution is just a product of a liberal education system - just like slashdot. We all know that science is a conspiracy to gain control of the government and children. I'm with you on that. These evolutionists should be gagged and put in their place.

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