Only humans laugh {laughter, behavior}| {humor}. Laughter involves mental censors and suppressers.
purposes
Perhaps, laughter is for alliance making.
factors
Humor and laughter can still happen when people suffer, starve, are in pain, or have oppression. Social situation determines laughter quality and quantity. Laughter can interrupt another person's speaking and thinking, and so to take control [Ramachandran, 2004].
animals
Other mammals appear happy. Young chimpanzees puff air when they play, sort of like laughing. Chimpanzees smile when submitting, but not from happiness.
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