Why does getting your back scratched feel so amazing?

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Why does getting your back scratched feel so amazing?

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My understanding is that it’s leftover instincts from our great ape ancestors, who participated in social grooming as a way of forming bonds and removing bugs/parasites from each other.

You can see them on nature documentaries picking through the fur on each other’s backs.

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