02-12-2026, 04:32 PM
(02-12-2026, 04:19 PM)BaggieSloth Wrote:(02-12-2026, 03:40 PM)Vinebaggie Wrote: Laughter pre-dates language and is common amongst primates, who were laughing long before homo-sapiens appeared on the planet. It'd helped / helps build social bonds and is has been essential to our evolution.
Reminds me of that old Bob Monkhouse joke " people laughed at me when I said I wanted to be a comedian, well they're not laughing now"
Who was around to confirm that they were laughing before Homo-sapiens? If the prior could not speak...
TBF I laughed at the premise that existed before anyone could prove it existed... How do we know that primates weren't miserable cunts before man kind learned to speak?