The tradition's exact origin is unknown, but it is referenced as far back as ancient Rome and in Arthurian legend.

Have you ever wondered why we kiss under mistletoe around the holidays? Well, the tradition dates back to ancient times, when the Greeks associated the plant with fertility and life. In Victorian ...

Stories centered around true love's kiss might be tales as old as time. And, according to a new study, kisses might even have been around before humans walked the earth. Humans kiss each other ...

Some people may have locked their lips when the clock struck midnight, signaling the start of a new year. But why?

Kissing could be 21 million years old. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Matilda Brindle an evolutionary biologist from Oxford University about the origins of smooching. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news station ...

If you've wondered why couples kiss at midnight on New Year's Eve, the reason people love a New Year's kiss is pretty sweet.

A new study that examines how kissing evolved suggests that ape ancestors and early humans, like Neanderthals, probably locked lips with their friends and sexual partners. The behavior may date back ...

Apart from following customs with murky origins, what’s the reasoning behind giving someone a New Year’s kiss? This kiss is part of both English and German folklore, which “indicate that whoever a ...