The Role of Humor in Human Survival

Laughter is triggered in humans by humor yeah and so that would suggest that humor is essentially a kind of play. There's also another aspect of play which is social bonding as a result of people engaging in play including humorous play they're bonded socially if you go to a theater and you're watching a comedy and it's a good comedy everybody at the audience has an experience of social bonding with each other. It may be training us for encountering dangerous situations later because humor often involves one person losing face and being embarrassed but I think what we're doing is we're recognizing something beautiful when we find something funny.