Giggling Apes May Help Us Better Understand the Emergence of Speech, as We Laugh in a Surprisingly Similar Way (opens in new tab)

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Discover how tickling apes and recording their bursts of laughter revealed a similar pattern to how humans laugh, while hinting at the origins of speech.

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Study traces ape laughter rhythm back 15 million years

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Study traces ape laughter rhythm back 15 million years

A 15-Million-Year-Old Clue in Ape Laughter May Reveal How Humans First Evolved the Ability to Speak