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First kiss dates back 21M years

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Re: First kiss dates back 21M years

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Post by nozzlegear »

ls-a wrote: post #22
nozzlegear wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You think your ancestors were monkeys. I think my ancestors were something like monkeys. We are not the same.

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> you think your ancestors are whatever researchers tell you they are

Actually it was revealed to me in a dream.

Re: First kiss dates back 21M years

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Post by rapnie »

weregiraffe wrote: post #16
cheque wrote: post #4

I assume kissing comes from a parent chewing up food and then transferring it to the baby. This is innate “caring” behavior. Similarly, mammary glands are for providing milk/nutrition. These get associated with primal needs and therefore the amygdala, and so is associated with strong emotion.

Or, kissing is just a subset of skin to skin touching, using sensitive body parts. Not so different from holding hands.

Yes, there's also the "Eskimo kiss" in Inuit culture. Rubbing noses together, as a climate adjusted habit. From Wikipedia:

> Rather, it is a non-erotic but intimate greeting used by people who, when they meet outside, often have little except their nose and eyes exposed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo_kiss

Re: First kiss dates back 21M years

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Post by weregiraffe »

rapnie wrote: post #25
weregiraffe wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or, kissing is just a subset of skin to skin touching, using sensitive body parts. Not so different from holding hands.

Yes, there's also the "Eskimo kiss" in Inuit culture. Rubbing noses together, as a climate adjusted habit. From Wikipedia: > Rather, it is a non-erotic but intimate greeting used by people who, when they meet outside, often have little except their nose and eyes exposed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo_kiss

Any touch can be erotic, depending on the context. That's why I'm skeptical about kissing being special. People have sex with their entire bodies, not just using genitals.

Re: First kiss dates back 21M years

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Post by lovich »

ls-a wrote: post #24
nozzlegear wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> you think your ancestors are whatever researchers tell you they are Actually it was revealed to me in a dream.

you misinterpret your dreams

You misinterpret researchers. We’re descended from apes not monkeys.

Monkeys have tails

Re: First kiss dates back 21M years

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Post by jswelker »

weatherlite wrote: post #11
cheque wrote: post #4

I assume kissing comes from a parent chewing up food and then transferring it to the baby. This is innate “caring” behavior. Similarly, mammary glands are for providing milk/nutrition. These get associated with primal needs and therefore the amygdala, and so is associated with strong emotion.

Chew your meat for you, pass it back and forth In a passionate kiss from my mouth to yours I like you

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