Humour and laughter as vestiges of evolution

This paper argues in favour of considering humour and laughter as embodied signs of the ancient, sympathetic, figurative mode of the human mind, still working with us in dance, music, singing and literary activity. Starting from steady evolutionary provisos, both the continuity and the departing lin...

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Main Author: Amadeu Viana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies 2017-05-01
Series:The European Journal of Humour Research
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Online Access:https://www.europeanjournalofhumour.org/index.php/ejhr/article/view/169