A new study reveals kissing began in the common ancestor of humans and great apes 21 million years ago, and even Neanderthals ...

"A comparative approach to the evolution of kissing," was published by Evolution and Human Behavior on Nov. 19 ...

They found the act of kissing can be traced all the way back to the last common ancestor of humans and other great apes, ...

Scientists have traced kissing back to early primates, suggesting it began long before humans evolved. Their analysis points ...

Neanderthals are usually seen as brutish and primitive, but research now suggests our ancestors kissed often - and even with ...

AMSTERDAM — Kissing did not begin with star-crossed human lovers but with the primate ancestors of great apes around 20 ...

A new study released on Wednesday found that humanity's first kiss occurred roughly 21 million years ago, predating humans.

The first kiss in history probably took place over 16.9 million years ago — long before humans even existed, a new study suggests.

Researchers trace the origins of the first kiss to early primates 20 million years ago, revealing the deep roots of human ...

Kissing is more than just "mouth-to-mouth" touching, and the study doesn't really shed much light on why humans kiss the way ...

For decades, anthropologists have wondered whether kissing is an evolutionary thing or a unique cultural quirk we humans ...

A new study that examines how kissing evolved suggests that ape ancestors and early humans like Neanderthals probably locked lips with their friends and sexual partners. The behavior may date back 21 ...