VIDEO: Ape Tickling Spurs Laughter
Thursday, June 4, 2009 - 18:07
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Apes laugh too, say researchers who tickled gorillas, chimps, orangutans, bonobos, and human babies—suggesting laughter began in a prehistoric ape-human ancestor.Video.
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