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Babies make jokes while still too young to talk

Sunday 19 February 2012 01:00 GMT
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Babies too young to speak know how to make jokes and form friendships, say researchers.

Academics at Charles Sturt University in Australia found, in a two-year study, that children aged six months to 18 months use sophisticated but subtle non-verbal means to make friends and make each other laugh.

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