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Is laughter a human trait?

  • Émission
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  • 14 October 2015
  • Emilie Genty
    • Sciences, UNINE
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Was Aristotle wrong? Yes, according to primatologists. Just tickle a bonobo in the Congo. A British researcher, studying the size of social groups over the course of evolution, starts from delousing monkeys to people laughing together.

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