We share many things with the great apes – opposable thumbs, complex social lives and even a fondness for the occasional family squabble. But scientists have discovered another thing we have in common ...

Researchers now have compared laughter in humans to laughter in the various great apes - chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and ...

A viral video of a young gorilla bursting into laughter-like sounds while being gently tickled by a familiar human caretaker ...

Great apes may have been laughing with a similar rhythm to modern humans for at least 15 million years, a University of Warwick study reveals. The finding offers unexpected clues to how human speech ...

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Bonobo male Kikongo making 'happy' grin faces at the Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of Congo, October 2010 ...