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why do people like to kiss? Do other animals kiss?

  • Written by Rob Brooks, Scientia Professor of Evolutionary Ecology; Academic Lead of UNSW's Grand Challenges Program, UNSW
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Why do people like to kiss? Do other animals kiss? Why are kisses so gross? — Gracie, age 5.

why do people like to kiss? Do other animals kiss?

Gracie, you ask a question that puzzled me too when I was about your age. Why would two people want to smoosh their mouths together?

And I don’t just mean: “why does Aunty insist on kissing me to say hello when we visit for...

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