{"id":705006,"date":"2026-07-22T09:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T09:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/705006\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T09:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T09:46:07","slug":"great-apes-kiss-and-cuddle-to-keep-the-peace-says-study-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/705006\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Apes kiss and cuddle to keep the peace, says study &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE1vbTlMV2VGQkVvMXpZR1IyVjhjYjdwc2drQzYxZGpLcDVCbkxlbWpLVUtiMUxDbWxwNGtCQ0FqSEJBd251bko4ZEZLOW5rOElJUGNWU1M3YjA5STAw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Great Apes kiss and cuddle to keep the peace, says study<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE9fYktndlR1djB2WlY0d2VvQ1d1ZkxvMGJLQWNtb19Ja21hVHNoSkxSckx6MjJYRnZPbGw2V1ZJZ3NHazJYdm9uMkpEOUw4YVp0RFczc2pBM3FHbi14?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Try a little tenderness &#8211; new study into humans&#8217; closest ape relatives suggests physical touch can promote social harmony<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;EurekAlert!<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxPc0lZMVE5cGpjalZMQ2d3c0hIdGZkY19kdXJSdDlZSDB6dWNfZE5GcTA1WlF5NWlrbmItbnZoV21yOVA1Y0FWcUl1OXdVMGlSSm8yVndUTU16c2t4clc1amVFbG0wbGFwdUc0RkYwQlk4WGktRmh3REozQnA4YXlIWGdoeDdhY25IRjRXbGlVQ2pCTUxNb01oRTUxV0ZtUFhEdUVPenFCNUFDUDNLR1BSR0l3ZUEyazFiR0o0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reassuring touch kept the peace six million years before humans evolved \u2013 new research<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Conversation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxORURCQ3Q2T1pCWnFRaUV0c2V0Qm9aMjRhZ0otejFTMDNqcG1pbE5PUlpYR2x2ckszYVFTZ3RacmgyMTloTFpHZ1pkaEdwbWtES2JhbEFuWjhFQUVYQXBXWXVqamJmcmo4MmF3Z2ZxNFJnRWY1Qmw5RnhOczBBcmNjMEZGS2hXX1pnUHpfMG9WUGJkcWJEb0JnOEwxMWRyTlU0VnpzcV8wMzZjNDJKYWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Durham study suggests touch may have helped apes \u2013 and humans \u2013 keep the peace<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Northern Echo<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigAFBVV95cUxOT1FublBpOXl3WWZmNkREOFQtdkwtaC1jM0xOdHc5Q1NQNkktbWhVZU9JVFEwTm5zNmFMZXA2Wk95UTk3WHZTMHQyVFZlNHB3cGd1dnVMdzNqOXBrS09tVjRrS2g0SnY0Tzg2VE1RQlI1ZVNPMmRxN1p6SWgwbFpOag?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ape cuddles could prevent conflicts<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Science News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Great Apes kiss and cuddle to keep the peace, says study&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCTry a little tenderness &#8211; new study into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[59,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-705006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-gb","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}