For instance, proof of the origin of much of the gold in Swiss banks was provided only a few weeks ago when German Reichsbank records, at first thought lost, were discovered.

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Given the ease with which proof-of-origin papers can be faked, it was hard to tell where any of it really came from.

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Because the sounds of the most closely related apes matched most closely in the analysis of the laughter, the researchers believe the work is proof of laughter's shared evolutionary origin, followed by adaptation to its form in the species we see today.

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