The history of the kiss may be older than the man himself

Previously, it was believed that the first documented kiss could be found in the Indian text Kama Sutra.

But now a Danish research couple has found earlier evidence of human sexual kissing. Sophie Lund Rassmussen, biologist and Troels Pank Arbøll, Assyriologist, now show that kisses occur in cuneiform from Mesopotamia, which dates from 2,500 BC, i.e. 4,500 years old. Among other things, a disease that can almost be compared to oral herpes, which is spread via saliva in kisses, is described.

The world-famous primatologist Frans de Waal, on the other hand, claims that the very first kiss must have taken place six million years ago, and then in our ancestors the dwarf chimpanzees.

Play the video to follow along on the journey through the history of the kiss.