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cm0002@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago

Great Apes Joke Around, Suggesting Humor Is Older Than Humans

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Great Apes Joke Around, Suggesting Humor Is Older Than Humans

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cm0002@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago
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Studies of great apes hint at why and when clowning behavior evolved
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    Probably older then that as well, we even have research that suggests that dogs laugh. Humor might be as old as the first social species

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      I have personal experience which suggests dogs laugh.

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      Social mammals. I doubt ants and bees are very funny.

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        Not to you maybe!

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          You wouldn’t believe their fart jokes.

          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant_communication

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    Quit monkeying around

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    Ook!

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      https://discworld.fandom.com/wiki/The_Librarian

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    Anyone got a non-paywalled version?

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      Byebyepaywall.com is your friend; sourced this link from there

      https://archive.ph/20241217200116/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/great-apes-joke-around-suggesting-humor-is-older-than-humans/

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      Disable JS, “paywall” gone.

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    My cats may pranks on me. Make of that what you will.

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    How many great apes cover cancel culture in their sets?

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