Chimpanzees and bonobos may be very close to us humans on the tree of life, but one of our differences is the way we store ...

Most of us think of “mind reading” as something reserved for people with strong intuition, or something we only joke about ...

Nearly eight months after Kanzi, the celebrated bonobo at Des Moines’ Ape Cognition and Conservation Initiative, died more than 150 people came together to honor his life and legacy. The gathering, ...

New research suggests the first kiss occurred 16.9-21.5 million years ago between ape ancestors in Africa. Scientists ...

Smooching might be a familiar behavior, but it's more mysterious than you would probably imagine. While kissing might feel ...

Scientists have found evidence suggesting that kissing dates back up to 21 million years and that our ape ancestors and ...

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

In a groundbreaking study by Oxford University, researchers have traced the origins of kissing back to our shared ancestors with great apes, revealing that this intimate behavior dates back ...

Kissing has long presented an evolutionary puzzle to scientists as it appears to carry high risks such as disease ...

Scientists have found evidence suggesting that kissing dates back up to 21 million years and that our ape ancestors and ...

Rather than being a recent cultural development, kissing may have been practised by other early humans like Neanderthals and ...

Researchers studying animal behaviour say mouth-to-mouth kissing likely appeared in the common ancestor of humans and great apes more than 21 million years ago.