Humans have had a long history of decorating messages with pictures. From cave paintings and Egyptian hieroglyphics to doodled faces, humanity has long been fascinated with showcasing a range of emotion and experiences using images.
So it should come as no surprise that emojis belong to that ancient and primal urge—it was simply updated for pocket-sized screens! Indeed, emojis have been around since almost the advent of the World Wide Web, and there is so much they can tell us.
Curious? Click on to see where these illustrious illustrations came from.