![]() It's worth noting that the ancient Romans also demonstrated their approval of a public performance with finger-snapping, and that modern Canadian concertgoers signal delight by screeching at the organ-grinder's monkey. "You see it at the end of a lot of plays by Plautus and Terence, where they have this word plaudite, which is an imperative 'applause,' 'clap.'" But the motion of clapping, I think that's a learned behavior."Īs to clapping's association with audience approval, Jay Fisher, a classics professor at Yale University, dates the custom to at least the third century B.C. What I've seen babies do spontaneously, from excitement, is clasp their hands together. Can we say the question isnt really about a tradition but about exploring things weve separated Washington DC 1985 - Public Talk 1 - In the present is the whole of time. I was really surprised first time I heard this, I feel like Ive heard it at least one other time. Yvette Blanchard, a pediatric physical therapist and researcher at the University of Hartford, says that human clappers are made, not born. He suggested we do this rather than applaud like some kind of circus for him. It's not to applaud something it's because they're frightened or want to call attention to food." ![]() But you don't find primates doing it unless they've been taught to do it. Cavemen and human ancestors - we don't know whether they clapped hands or not. The squeals and raucous clapping Wednesday night, along with the standing ovation at the end, made it seem a very partisan affair. As Elwyn Simons, head of Duke University's Division of Fossil Primates, tells AF, "We don't know how far back it goes, not without a time machine. Hear, hear! Huzzah! Bravo! Excellent question. Why do we applaud a great performance? Why not stand on our heads or click our heels instead? Who started this hand-clapping stuff?
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