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What could the laughter of great apes tell us about origin of speech?

Humans and other great apes may have shared a similar basic rhythm of laughter for at least 15 million years, according to a study that researchers say could offer clues about the evolutionary origins

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It tells us that God created animals to have fun as well as humans.
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There is this study were they learned a gorilla American politics and it hanged itself
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They learnt it from Dr. Jane 😄🤍👍
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Smiling tiger is still a tiger. Smiling ape is still an ape.
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That baby chimp was so freaking adorbs.