Pant Before the Word
Neuroscientist Sophie Scott took the stage at a London comedy club, searching for why an audience's laughter hits long before any joke is analyzed.
Tracing acoustic play across species reveals that laughter is not a decorative byproduct of language, but an ancient neural survival tool wired to defuse conflict and bond social groups.
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