A new study led by the University of Oxford has found evidence that kissing evolved in the common ancestor of humans and ...

How far back in evolutionary history does kissing go? Through phylogenetic analysis, an international team of scientists ...

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

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

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

The social act of 'kissing'—pressing one's lips against another's, a behavior seen in humans and other animals—is considered ...

HHMI Investigator Nicole King and Postdoctoral Researcher Jacob Steenwyk used large datasets and a combination of analyses to understand which organism roots the animal tree of life: the simple sponge ...

Early this year, bird flu ripped through 80 farms in Ohio and Indiana. Using genetic markers, wind simulations, satellite ...

A study led by Oxford University argues that kissing evolved in the common ancestors of humans and apes, and that our extinct ...

Scientists found that kissing likely originated millions of years ago in great apes and was shared by early human relatives, ...

An ancient predatory dinosaur that lived 220 million years ago, Maleriraptor kuttyi, redefines carnivorous dinosaurs' origin ...