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b'Are humans unique or do we just do some things a little better than other species? In the first of our two-part series on the nature of humanity: how the influence of others has shaped our evolution.\\nFind out how baby talk gave root to human language and why social isolation can make us sick. Plus, the joke\\u2019s on us \\u2013 new research says we\\u2019re not the only laughing species: meet your giggling gorilla cousins.\\nAnd, what a writer\\u2019s visit to a chimp retirement center revealed about human discomfort with our animal ancestry.\\n\\n\\nDean Falk - Anthropologist at Florida State University and author of Finding Our Tongues: Mothers, Infants, and the Origins of Language\\n\\n\\n\\nJohn Cacioppo - Director of the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience at the University of Chicago and co-author of Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection\\n\\n\\n\\nLori Marino - Biologist at Emory University\\n\\n\\nKathryn Denning - Anthropologist at York University\\n\\n\\nCharles Siebert - Author of The Wauchula Woods Accord: Toward a New Understanding of Animals\\n\\n\\n\\nMarina Davila-Ross - Psychologist at the University of Portsmouth in the U.K.\\n\\nDescripci\\xf3n en espa\\xf1ol\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'