26 May 2023

The ancient history of kissing

From Nights, 9:30 pm on 26 May 2023

To quote the lyrics of a certain song about puckering up: "It started with a kiss..." But when did we humans actually start smooching? Researchers have discovered that the earliest recorded kiss dates back about 4,500 years in the ancient Middle East. Researcher Dr Sophie Lund Rasmussen.