An analysis of Neanderthal nose bones suggests the species’ famously large noses did not evolve primarily to warm and ...

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

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

A new study led by the University of Oxford has found evidence that kissing evolved in the common ancestor of humans and other large apes around 21 ...

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

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

The new study involved taking a fresh look at the "Altamura Man," which is an exceptionally well-preserved Neanderthal ...

Learn how a common interpretation of Neanderthal noses could be changed due to a skeleton trapped inside a sinkhole.

Kissing is an ancient trait retained over the course of evolution amongst the large apes, reveal scientists at the University of Oxford and Florida Institute of Technology.

Kissing is something of a mystery, being "only documented in 46 percent of human cultures," noted psychologist Catherine ...

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

A long-standing debate in paleontology about whether the distinctive Neanderthal nose evolved purely for the cold weather may ...