Our ancient primate relatives—including Neanderthals—may have enjoyed a nice peck on the lips. But researchers still don’t ...

If I asked you to imagine your dream snog, chances are it wouldn't be with a Neanderthal; burly and hirsute as they may be.

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

The study defined kissing, in part, as “oral-oral contact with some movement of the lips/mouthparts and no food transfer” ...

We used this definition to trawl published scientific papers, searching for observations of kissing in the group of monkeys and apes that evolved in Africa, Asia and Europe. It turns out that a ...

In the words of Dua Lipa, one kiss is all it took about 21 million years ago. That's roughly when scientists estimate that ...

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

Oxford researchers map the evolution of the kiss and conclude that mouth-to-mouth contact likely arose in a common primate ancestor 16.9-21.5 million years ago.

Kissing occurred around 21.5 to 16.9 million years ago, the researchers said.

Learn how scientists traced kissing back 21 million years using primate behavior, evolutionary modeling, and clues from Neanderthals.

A study has suggested that kissing actually began more than 21 million years ago, after researchers tracked its origins to a ...

If I asked you to imagine your dream snog, chances are it wouldn’t be with a Neanderthal; burly and hirsute as they may be. However, my team’s new research suggests that these squat beefcakes might ...