๐ฌ Science Live Laughter may date back 15 million years, shared by humans and great apes Humans and great apes have been giggling in similar ways since branching off the evolutionary tree, a new study suggests. PH Phys.org 5 Jul 2026 1 hour ago 1 min read Phys.org โ 5 July 2026 Text: Aโ A+ 3 0 0 ๐๏ธ Listen ๐ Translate ๐ Translate: ๐ฌ๐ง EN ๐ธ๐ฆ AR ๐ต๐ฐ UR ๐ฎ๐ณ HI ๐ซ๐ท FR ๐ช๐ธ ES ๐ฉ๐ช DE ๐น๐ท TR ๐จ๐ณ ZH ๐ท๐บ RU ๐ง๐ท PT โ ๐๏ธ AI Podcast โ Two-Host Discussion Laughter may date back 15 million years, shared by humans and great apes Kokoro TTS ยท ~5 min episode ยท American English voices โ ๐ค Voice Selectionโผ tap to expand Choose voices for Host A and Host B. Changes take effect on next play. Host A ๐ฅ Adam (Deep, warm) Michael (Clear, confident) Fenrir (Rich, authoritative) Puck (Bright, energetic) Echo (Smooth, professional) Eric (Friendly, natural) Onyx (Strong, broadcast) Liam (Youthful, conversational) Bella (Warm, expressive) Sarah (Clear, trustworthy) Aoede (Melodic, engaging) Sky (Bright, energetic) Nova (Modern, crisp) George (Classic BBC) Lewis (Refined, calm) Daniel (Polished, clear) Emma (Warm, articulate) Alice (Bright, professional) Lily (Gentle, natural) Alejandro (M, clear) Dora (F, warm) Siwis (F, expressive) Alpha (F, clear) Gongitsune (F, natural) Kumo (M, deep) Xiaobei (F, bright) Yunyang (M, warm) Alpha (F, natural) Omega (M, clear) Sara (F, expressive) Nicola (M, rich) Dora (F, warm) Alex (M, clear) Host B ๐ฆ Sarah (Clear, trustworthy) Bella (Warm, expressive) Aoede (Melodic, engaging) Sky (Bright, energetic) Nova (Modern, crisp) Adam (Deep, warm) Michael (Clear, confident) Puck (Bright, energetic) Echo (Smooth, professional) Eric (Friendly, natural) Emma (Warm, articulate) Alice (Bright, professional) Lily (Gentle, natural) George (Classic BBC) Lewis (Refined, calm) Dora (F, warm) Alejandro (M, clear) Siwis (F, expressive) Nezuko (F, bright) Tebukuro (F, calm) Kumo (M, deep) Yunxi (F, energetic) Yunyang (M, warm) Omega (M, clear) Alpha (F, natural) Nicola (M, rich) Sara (F, expressive) Alex (M, clear) Dora (F, warm) ๐๏ธ Regenerate with Selected Voices A Now Speaking โ Generating podcastโฆ Synthesising speech โ will play automatically when readyโฆ โถ 0:00 / 0:00 1ร Humans and great apes have been giggling in similar ways since branching off the evolutionary tree, a new study suggests. Read Full Story at Phys.org โ Advertisement Laughter date back million years shared humans great ticker:GE React: ๐ฅ0 ๐ฎ0 ๐ข0 ๐ก0 โค๏ธ0 ๐ค0 Read original story at Phys.org Sources Phys.org Sponsored Related Stories ๐ฌ Science More trees can mean fewer birds, new study reveals ScienceDaily ยท 13 days ago ๐ฌ Science EU risks a crisis if it fails to halt pollinator loss, researchers warn Phys.org ยท 12 days ago ๐ฌ Science Feeding data to AI to speed up drug discovery Phys.org ยท 12 days ago ๐ฌ Science Well-known planetary nebula's ear-like lobes rewrite its evolutionary timeline Phys.org ยท 13 days ago ๐ฌ Science NASA to Cover US Spacewalk 95, Host Preview News Conference NASA ยท 13 days ago ๐ฌ Science Suzanne Simard finds mother trees sustain forests via fungal networks Inside Climate News ยท 8 days ago