Researchers analysed 10,000 possible primate phylogenies and reached the stunning conclusion that kissing likely originated ...

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New research suggests that kissing probably predates humanity and evolved between 16.9 million and 21.5 million years ago, after the ancestor of the great apes split from the lesser apes, or gibbons.

Our results paint early apes in an amorous light, showing that the ancestors of large apes were kissing each other as far back as 21.5 – 16.9 million years ago. Clearly, they were onto a good thing ...

Scientists have found evidence suggesting that kissing dates back up to 21 million years and that our ape ancestors and ...

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Our results paint early apes in an amorous light, showing that the ancestors of large apes were kissing each other as far ...

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Researchers from Oxford University and the Florida Institute of Technology wanted to examine when kissing began, given that from an evolutionary standpoint it has no obvious survival benefit, and coul ...