Kissing goes back 21 million years, to the common ancestor of humans and other large apes, study finds
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- Recent research indicates that kissing can be traced back to a primate ancestor from around 21 million years ago, suggesting a deep evolutionary connection between this behavior and the lineage of large apes and humans.
- Understanding the origins of kissing provides insights into social behaviors that may have evolved in response to environmental and social pressures faced by early primates.
- This discovery aligns with ongoing discussions in the scientific community regarding human evolution, particularly in relation to how social behaviors have developed and adapted over millions of years.
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