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Meet the first kissers: They locked lips 21 million years before Romeo and Juliet

Kissing was a trait that originated in the ancestors of large apes 21.5 to 16.9 million years ago, long before Romeo and ...

First kiss dates back 21 million years, say scientists

A new study looks at how the mouth-on-mouth smooch came into being, and concludes that Neanderthals also kissed.

Kissing is an ‘evolutionary conundrum.’ Scientists just mapped its unexpected origins

Kissing is more than just “mouth-to-mouth” touching, and the study doesn’t really shed much light on why humans kiss the way they do, said Adriano Reis e Lameira, an evolutionary psychologist and ...

First kiss was 20 million years ago by early primates, scientists say

By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Kissing did not begin with star-crossed human lovers but with the primate ancestors of ...
WUNC

Our Lips are Unsealed: Exploring the Science & Culture of Kissing

Kissing-like behaviors exist across the animal kingdom. But why? A scientist explains why humans are so drawn to each other's lips, and a photographer documents the power of a kiss. Among the ...
Psychology Today

The Very First Kiss: Momentous or Disastrous?

When I was in college studying English literature, I came across this wonderful stanza written by Christopher Marlowe for his play, Doctor Faustus (Act V, Scene 1): Sweet Helen, make me immortal with ...