Menschenaffen scherzen und behaupten, Humor sei älter als Menschen

Recent studies indicate that playful teasing among great apes, such as chimpanzees and bonobos, suggests the cognitive roots of humor may extend back at least 13 million years to our last common ancestor. This challenges traditional views on the exclusivity of humor to humans and highlights a shared evolutionary trait in social behavior among primates.

* [Do apes have humor? Study shows that great …](https://phys.org/news/2024-02-apes-humor-great-playfully.html)

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I would imagine humor is as old as play.