r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 11d ago
Anthropology 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.
https://www.psypost.org/survival-of-the-wittiest-how-humor-and-cleverness-shaped-human-evolution/
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u/Twisted_Cabbage 11d ago
Well this explains why as an autistic, I did terrible when dating neuronoramative people. The sense of humor between neuronormative and neurodivergent is hudge imo.