Laughter, bonding and biological evolution
This paper combines perspectives from evolutionary biology and linguistics to discuss the early evolution of laughter and the possible role of laughter-like vocalisation as a bonding mechanism in hominins and early human species. From the perspective of evolutionary biology, we here emphasise severa...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies
2022-08-01
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Series: | The European Journal of Humour Research |
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Online Access: | https://www.europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/668 |