The earliest recorded kiss goes back at least 4,500 years to Mesopotamia

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Danish husband and wife researchers Troels Pank Arbøll, assistant professor of Assyriology at the University of Copenhagen and Sophie Lund Rasmussen, ecologist at the University of Oxford's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit and Aalborg university, have delved into the sources to figure out when kissing first began. On this matter, they say that kissing did not emerge abruptly or in a specific society, adding that it appears to have been practiced in multiple ancient cultures like Egypt and Mesopotamia (Summary provided by Infomedia) Sources: Washingtonpost, 18-05-2023 Verified News Explorer Network, 18-05-2023 Cosmos Magazine, 18-05-2023 Washingtonpost, 18-05-2023

Period18 May 2023 → 27 May 2023

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