Love is a modern invention : [1]?#?myth? [2]?#?busted? You have love poetry from around 2000 BC(E) - so that's only about 4000 years ago. Still pretty modern, compared to the amount of time humanity has been on earth, but romantic love spans the entire course of written human history - which is kinda nice to see. http://legacy.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/2000egypt-love.asp References Visible links 1. https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/myth?source=feed_text&story_id=786360375568 2. https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/busted?source=feed_text&story_id=786360375568