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Feb. 11, 2011
The ‘Science Of Kissing’
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| Socializing is found across the animal kingdom, but osculation - or kissing - seems to a human behavior. How did it start and why? 'The Science of Kissing' author Sheril Kirshenbaum discusses the history and biology behind kissing. |
Produced by Aleszu Bajak
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Sheril Kirshenbaum
Author, "The Science of Kissing" (Grand Central, 2011)
Research Associate, Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
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