International Kissing Day; this sign is the best kisser

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For years, scientists believed that making out originated around 3,500 years ago in Southeast Asia.

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Recent evidence suggests the kiss began even earlier.

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Cuneiform script on ancient Mesopotamian clay tablets indicates people were kissing around 4,500 years ago

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Dr. Sophie Lund Rasmussen from the University of Oxford believes kissing is not merely a regional pastime but an elemental human behavior.

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Research on bonobos and chimpanzees, our closest living relatives, shows that both species engage in kissing.

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