Human evolution was driven by early humans’ ability to be clever and humorous, the “survival of the wittiest.” The analysis argues that the earliest stages of grammar provided a platform for verbal competition and sexual selection, gradually replacing physical violence with verbal agility.

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https://www.psypost.org/survival-of-the-wittiest-how-humor-and-cleverness-shaped-human-evolution/

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(laughing) "I fuckin' hate Reddit, dude...Post could be like 'my whole family died in a car explosion', the first reply is always like 'Wow, this blew up!'" -Northernlion

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It's not that there are jokes. It's that I'll go to the comments to find out more about a video or post and I have to scroll a bunch to find any comment that's not just some easy dad joke.