Anthropologists used to believe that romantic love was invented by Europeans
in the Middle Ages. By romantic love, they mean an intense attraction and longing.
to be with the loved person. Some anthropologists believed that this kind of love
spread from the West to other cultures only recently. Others thought that it may
have existed in some other cultures, but only among the rich and privileged. Now
however, most anthropologists agree that romantic love has probably always existed
among humans. It is not surprising, then, that stories of romance, like Romeo and Juliet,