The heart is a symbol of love – things weren’t always like that
This Valentine’s Day, as we exchange stylised hearts in celebration of love, we might pause to remember that the power of the ...
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Heart in History
National Library of Medicine. 10,000-8,000 B.C.E. The heart symbol, the popular icon for the heart, can be traced to before the last Ice Age. Cro-Magnon hunters in Europe use the symbol in ...
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On Valentine’s Day hearts are everywhere – on cards, cakes, balloons and emojis – but when were they first used to symbolise love?
often using a heart – initially as a pine-cone or pear shape – as a symbol for love.