What is the earliest recorded joke? Did cavemen laugh/have senses of humor?

Question

What is the earliest recorded joke? Did cavemen laugh/have senses of humor?

Answer 1

I think laughing, much like crying when in pain or jumping when suprised, is instinctual. I think that humor, however, is contextual. What you find funny depends on a lot of different things such as a culture, values, morals/ethics, region, etc.

Answer 2

mr.bean!

Answer 3

In all probability, all organisms with cognitive ability probably have some form of humor. We really would have no way of knowing if a cave-drawing was a joke or not. Knowing that would require vast knowledge of a culture that we know little about. However, there are some "jokes" that can be found in some Egyptian carvings.

Answer 4

in 1492 there was 2 natives on a hill watching the mayflower drop anchor,with a bunch of foreigners. 1 native said lets go down there and kill them! then the other native said no lets let them stay for awhile, what harm can they do.

Answer 5

have you never watched the Flintstones?

Answer 6

Moses was the first recorded case of stomach upset ... he took two tablets and went into the bushes

Answer 7

"Ug, ug."

"Ug ug ug?"

"Ug ug OOOHG ug!"

"Ha ha ha ha ug!"

Answer 8

Can you imagine what they thought was funny?

"Looks like Imgah is s******g an old dinosaur again...I wonder why he keeps picking the ugly ones?"

Answer 9

why did the dinosaur cross the road?

what's a road?

c'mon, as if they could help themselves laughing when someone fell into a tarpit or got mauled by an animal.  it always takes a little while to ask if someone's ok.

Answer 10

No humor at all. Look at how they don't get those Geico ads! :)

Answer 11

Even chimps have a sense of humor.