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 most universal gestures in the world. It’s a wordless way to show affection that transcends language, culture, and even species boundaries, conveying a great deal of meaning ...

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Jack Dutton is a Newsweek Reporter based in Cape Town, South Africa. His focus is reporting on global politics and international relations. He has covered climate change, foreign affairs, migration ...

(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 ...