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First kiss dates back 21 million years, say scientists

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  • Kissing is ubiquitous among many animals, especially primates, suggesting deep evolutionary roots of the behavior.
  • The team ultimately defined kissing as a non-agonistic interaction involving directed, intraspecific, oral-oral contact with some movement of the lips\/mouthparts and no food transfer.
  • Neanderthals and our own species, Homo sapiens, are known to have interbred —plus they also shared oral microbes—the team speculates that Neanderthals and our own human ancestors might have kissed as well.

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Neanderthals and early humans ‘likely to have kissed’, say scientists

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/19/neanderthals-early-humans-kissed-research-evolutionTheguardian.com
Neanderthals and early humans ‘likely to have kissed’, say scientists

Apes Were Kissing Millions of Years Before Humans, Study Suggests

https://gizmodo.com/apes-were-kissing-millions-of-years-before-humans-study-suggests-2000687184Gizmodo.com
Apes Were Kissing Millions of Years Before Humans, Study Suggests

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

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/first-kiss-20-million-years-000334190.htmlYahoo.com
First kiss was 20 million years ago by early primates, scientists say

First kiss dates back 21 million years, say scientists

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr43gq61g2qoBbc.co.uk
First kiss dates back 21 million years, say scientists

Neanderthals, Ancient Apes, And Human Ancestors Were All Kissing – Just Not Each Other (Mostly)

https://www.iflscience.com/kissing-has-survived-the-path-of-evolution-for-21-million-years-apes-and-human-ancestors-were-all-at-it-81604Iflscience.com
Neanderthals, Ancient Apes, And Human Ancestors Were All Kissing – Just Not Each Other (Mostly)

Scientists reveal the origin of kissing

https://www.newsweek.com/evolution-scientists-reveal-origin-kissing-homo-neanderthal-apes-11066488Newsweek.com
Scientists reveal the origin of kissing

Scientists Discover the Origin of Kissing — And It’s Not Human

https://www.404media.co/scientists-discover-the-origin-of-kissing-and-its-not-human/404media.co
Scientists Discover the Origin of Kissing — And It’s Not Human

Do you remember our first kiss? It was 21 million years ago

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/first-kiss-humans-neanderthals-5zffhfqs9Thetimes.com
Do you remember our first kiss? It was 21 million years ago

Cavemen kisses: Humans and Neanderthals SNOGGED 50,000 years ago

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15301657/kiss-Humans-Neanderthals-21-5-million-years-ago.htmlDailymail.co.uk
Cavemen kisses: Humans and Neanderthals SNOGGED 50,000 years ago

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