Based on recent discoveries, humans may have started kissing at least a millennium earlier than previously thought. Until now, scientists believe kissing evolved around 1,500 BC in South Asia, but recently clay tablets have been found in the Middle East that clearly show that people already knew of the act 4,500 years ago, according to The Guardian. Sciences magazine.
One of the co-authors of the discovery Dr. Trolls Bank Arbol People living in ancient Mesopotamia recorded kissing on clay tablets. According to an employee of the University of Copenhagen, there may be thousands of such clay tablets on Earth. The images show romantic intimacy in family relationships and friendship. According to the specialist, it became certain that kissing was part of many cultures at the time.
But she was equally popular in the animal kingdom with chimpanzees and Also in the last discovered species of ape, the bonobo. At the same time, it is also true that kissing contributed greatly to this Also for the rapid spread of cold sores at that time. This is also indicated by medical records from Mesopotamia. Scientists previously believed that the disease came from Eurasia to Europe during migrations. According to experts, during this period, one of the most common human viruses, Epstein-Barr virus, also known as EBV, and Parvovirus B19, which causes childhood rash diseases, began to spread. metro.