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Great Apes Joke Around, Suggesting Humor Is Older Than Humans (www.scientificamerican.com)
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[–] milliams 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Ook!

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 1 points 8 hours ago

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

[–] MTK 9 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] Dasus 2 points 7 hours ago

I have personal experience which suggests dogs laugh.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] MTK 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Not to you maybe!

[–] Dasus 2 points 7 hours ago

You wouldn't believe their fart jokes.

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

[–] aesthelete 0 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

How many great apes cover cancel culture in their sets?

[–] Bonesince1997 6 points 19 hours ago

Quit monkeying around

[–] LaunchesKayaks 4 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Anyone got a non-paywalled version?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Disable JS, "paywall" gone.