Briefing Chat: What tickling a chimpanzee can tell us about the evolution of speech
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Maren Hunsberger
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Nature CommunicationsBriefing Chat: What tickling a chimpanzee can tell us about the evolution of speechnature.comNature, Published online: 26 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02059-6 Nature staff discuss how apes share a rhythm of laughter, and how AI use might degrade skills in medicine and computer science.
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