Why do humans kiss as intimacy?
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I’m not sure if its just humans tho…im thinking its a ape thing in general,and I believe mother apes do it for reassuring their babies along with bonding….I think only gorilla males and human males are the only apes that kiss their offspring and humans are the only ones that kiss others offsprings out of love and nurturing.
I think kissing is something apes do for bonding with babies and humans though not monogamous have evolved in some capacity to use those early evolutionary behaviors and apply them to everyone we love and further still we developed mainly through learned behavior to differentiate the meanings behind each type of kiss….from cheek kissing as a form of hello to a friend or acquaintance to lip kissing your newborn,to lip kissing your spouse or significant other.
But it also coincides with hugging as a form of comfort for primates in general.
So kissing is instinctual in apes and hugging is instinctual in primates.
But humans have evolved through learned behaviors to differentiate between comfort and intimacy and thats something that separates us from our great ape cousins who still hug and kiss their young to comfort them.
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