Kissing is more than just “mouth-to-mouth” touching, and the study doesn’t really shed much light on why humans kiss the way ...

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

A new study from the University of Oxford suggests that kissing is far older than most people imagine. According to the ...

A study led by Oxford University argues that kissing evolved in the common ancestors of humans and apes, and that our extinct ...

The result was striking. Kissing almost certainly existed in the ancestor of today’s large apes, which lived somewhere ...

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 ...

The story of primates is a tale of incredible variety and ancient roots, told through the lens of science, DNA, and time itself. These creatures, ranging from massive gorillas to tiny mouse lemurs, ...

HHMI Investigator Nicole King and Postdoctoral Researcher Jacob Steenwyk used large datasets and a combination of analyses to understand which organism roots the animal tree of life: the simple sponge ...

An analysis of millions of SARS-CoV-2 genomes finds that recombination of the virus is uncommon, but when it occurs, it is most often in the spike protein region, the area which allows the virus to ...