Great apes and humans all laugh with a steady, even rhythm, and a new study finds it has barely changed in 15 million years.

There are many kinds of laughter. People may guffaw at a joke. They may giggle nervously in an uncomfortable situation. They ...

Laughter is universal among humans. Researchers have found that our closest relatives, apes, also laugh, and do it with a ...

A group of Gabrielino/Tongva, Kumeyaay make their presentation during the Breath of Life Conference held on the UC Berkeley campus on Friday, June 5, 2026, in Berkeley. (Allison Herrera via Bay City ...

Exploring these differences formed the crux of a new study that documented laughing patterns between primates — a very ...

The study compared laughter from four orangutans, two gorillas, three bonobos, four chimpanzees, and four human children, ...

It turns out that the chuckles of humans and great apes follow similar rhythms, with regular timing between their laughs, a ...

In fact, when they were tickled, laughter from both apes and humans was isochronous, meaning that the laughs followed a ...

All living great apes (orangutans, bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, and humans) laugh. However, it’s been unclear how laughter ...

Simon Green has returned to the studio for new Bonobo album Distance in Static, the DJ/producer’s follow-up to 2022’s Fragments. Out September 11 via Ninja Tune, the record features vocal turns from ...

Bioacousticians are finding animal communication patterns once thought unique to humans — discoveries that challenge ideas about what makes human language special.