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Kwintessens - De evolutie van de lach

Short documentary, 1997, 25 min.

People can laugh, but so can animals. The laughter of chimpanzees in its form and sound seems surprisingly like that of humans. For animals, laughter is a way of showing that they do not mean certain behaviour or - from fear - to show that they mean no evil. Just like people who smile. The ethicist Jan van Hooff illustrates the laughter of man and animal with pictures from politics and nature.

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