Tag: Ape laughter

Portrait of a cheerful adult chimpanzee showcasing biodiversity and wildlife conservation

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 3, 2026

Categorized
Evolution, Human exceptionalism, Language

Tagged
Ape laughter, Consciousness, hard problem of consciousness, Primate laughter, Primitive language concept}

A Case for the Special Creation of Human Language

_{A widely publicized thesis around ape and human laughter falls so woefully short that it forces an evaluation of other possibilities} _{Denyse O'Leary
July 3, 2026

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Evolution, Human exceptionalism, Language}

The people trying to manufacture human language from ape laughter simply don’t have a better hypothesis. But much seems to depend on pretending otherwise.