The Origins of the Kiss

It’s a defining moment of any romantic relationship. But don’t you sometimes wonder how humans learned to derive shared pleasure from locking lips?

Suite101.com has a thorough article covering the anthropological origins of the kiss:

So who invented kissing? Anthropologists think kissing’s origins are to be found in primitive times when mothers chewed food and transferred it directly from their mouths to their babies’ mouths, a method of preparing baby food that is still practiced in some cultures today. Another theory comes from the Ziller Valley of Central Europe where pre-chewed tobacco was exchanged between males and females. The man would hold a piece of tobacco was exchanged between males and females. The man would hold a piece of tobacco between his teeth and invite a girl to grasp it with her teeth which would cause her to press her mouth on his.

Whenever or wherever the kiss first came about, it’s always nice to relive our first experiences with it. And we’re interested to know how your first kiss came about, and how it was. Feel free to share by commenting below.