Lip kissing is an act that’s so natural and common in many present-day societies it is easily taken for granted. But it’s not actually clear whether people have always been kissing, or whether its ...

A kiss is one of the simplest gestures humans share, yet it carries an extraordinary depth of meaning. It can express love, longing, comfort, passion, reverence, reconciliation, and even farewell.

Kissing, for all popularity, is a bit of a mystery. Scientists have long debated when humans’ ancestors first put their lips together, and whether the act is simply a cultural trait. A new study ...

Kissing is often labelled a Western import, but history tells a different story. From Vedic texts to Khajuraho sculptures and ...

(CNN) — “The meeting of lips is the most perfect, the most divine sensation given to human beings, the supreme limit of happiness.” So wrote the 19 th century French author Guy de Maupassant in his ...

Valentine's Week 2026 culminates with Kiss Day on February 13, celebrating the profound, wordless communication a kiss offers ...