Learn about the history of kissing
HHow do you show y
your love and affection? Many people
do so through the tende
tender gestures they share throughout the
day, including kisses.
and can express many different sentiments.
A kiss also can provide comfort in
a time of need.
Even though kissing may seem universal
to human beings, it is not embraced
by all cultures. Information published in
Psychology Today suggests kissing is
not innate to all people. However, many
still peck and kiss ardently. Even some
animals are known to express affection
through kissing. How did this behavior
then come to be?
Two theories give some ideas about
where kissing may have originated.
Vaughn Bryant, an anthropologist at Texas A&M University
who specializes in the history of the kiss, says the earliest references
to kissing-like behavior dates to around 3,500 years
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ligions. Kissing is mentioned in both Sumerian and Egyptian
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poetry. The Old Testament also references kissing in the book
of Genesis when Isaac asks his son Jacob to kiss him.
evolved from a process known as “kiss
feeding.” This is when mothers would
pre-chew food and then pass it to their
babies.
extension of grooming behavior. That’s
because primates such as bonobo apes
frequently kiss one another. Dogs and
cats also lick and nuzzle other animals
and humans. This may indicate that socalled
a form of establishing trust and bonding.
sure about the origins of kissing, many
men and women around the world engage in some form of
kissing each and every day. The next time sweethearts lock
lips, whether on Valentine’s Day or another time during the
year, they can think about how kissing became the norm for
showing love.
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Another theory is that kissing
Some suggest that kissing may be an
“kissing” is merely a way of communicating
or grooming other beings as
Even though people are not entirely
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