Jacob Elordi is becoming one of his up-and-coming generation’s more established voices in acting. His recent turn as ...

How far back in evolutionary history does kissing go? Through phylogenetic analysis, an international team of scientists found that kissing was likely present in the ancestor of all apes – which lived ...

John Lennon was wrong — a kiss is not just a kiss. Earthlings have been puckering up from time immemorial: recent research by scientists now places the origins of the kiss between 16 and 21 million ...

When writer Jean M. Auel first published her now bestselling novel, “The Clan of the Cave Bear,” back in 1980, she made what seemed a questionable conceit at the center of her story: that our distant ...

Kissing may feel like a very human habit, but new research suggests it has much deeper roots. A team of scientists says the behavior likely began more than 20 million years ago, long before modern ...

Scientists suggest kissing is much older than humans. Evidence points to ancient primates sharing affectionate mouth-to-mouth gestures. This behaviour likely evolved for social bonding and conflict ...

Humans aren’t the only ones who kiss—monkeys do it, polar bears do it, and now research suggests that the practice may go back more than 21 million years. Scientists have reconstructed the ...

Kissing is not universal today and only 46% of cultures practice it, say researchers THURSDAY, Nov. 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Kissing may feel like a very human habit, but new research suggests it ...

AMSTERDAM — Kissing did not begin with star-crossed human lovers but with the primate ancestors of great apes around 20 million years ago, according to a study published on Wednesday. Researchers from ...

The social act of 'kissing'—pressing one's lips against another's, a behavior seen in humans and other animals—is considered an evolutionary puzzle by scientists. This is because it carries a risk of ...