Kissing is only considered romantic in less than half of the world's cultures, according to a recent anthropological study. A newly married couple kiss as they pose for a picture in Kazan, Russia ...

The oldest documented evidence of intimate kissing is inscribed in Mesopotamian clay tablets dating to 2500 BC, according to research.

These texts revealed that romantic kisses have been happening for 4,500 years in the ancient Middle East – not just 3,500 years ago, as a Bronze Age manuscript from South Asia had previously ...

A new study finds that many cultures don't feature romantic kissing - in fact, it seems to be a relatively new and largely Western practice.

Some papers suggest romantic kissing began about 3,500 years ago. But a new review in the journal Science shows it was mentioned in much older clay tablets, from an area that's now modern-day Iraq.

There is something about our first romantic kiss that long lingers in mind when so many other memories fade. Former NBC news anchor and author Tom Brokaw once described why, perhaps recalling his o… ...

Kissing is not a universal expression of romantic love, it turns out. Kissing is considered a sign of sexual attraction in less than half of the world's societies, according to a recent study.