Our ancient primate relatives—including Neanderthals—may have enjoyed a nice peck on the lips. But researchers still don’t ...

A kiss is one of the most universal gestures in the world. It’s a wordless way to show affection that transcends language, ...

Kissing could be 21 million years old. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Matilda Brindle an evolutionary biologist from Oxford University about the origins of smooching.

New research suggests that kissing probably predates humanity and evolved between 16.9 million and 21.5 million years ago, after the ancestor of the great apes split from the lesser apes, or gibbons.

The study, which was published on Wednesday in the Journal of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, found that the very ...

When I was in college studying English literature, I came across this wonderful stanza written by Christopher Marlowe for his play, Doctor Faustus (Act V, Scene 1): Sweet Helen, make me immortal with ...

Why do we kiss our lovers on the lips? We could show romantic passion by rubbing foreheads, locking elbows, or by turning back-to-back and bumping butts. We could even mash our ears together. Legend ...

Russell Tovey and Tom Blyth are starring in new movie Plainclothes together. The pair stopped by WWHL earlier this week, and one of the juiciest topics of conversation was kissing. When asked who his ...