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title: "History of meme"  
description: "A brief history of memes and some of its interesting facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-09-28  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2692/history-of-meme  
category: "trending"  
tags: ["Memes", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# History of meme

![History of meme](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/757d2e3e-796d-40c5-a105-ea325902f462/images/13ed4091-b562-4bb9-bb30-5891ff0f5fc4.jpeg) ![History of meme](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/757d2e3e-796d-40c5-a105-ea325902f462/images/6b1457d0-7067-409b-9a52-b072f17c6ec7.jpeg) Memes can be traced back to the dawn of human society, when people began sharing ideas and stories with one another. ![History of meme](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/757d2e3e-796d-40c5-a105-ea325902f462/images/c668f7fa-f95c-4fb7-99b8-18666523136a.jpeg) The term "meme" was first used in 1976 by British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in his book The Selfish Gene. ![History of meme](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/757d2e3e-796d-40c5-a105-ea325902f462/images/ed26759d-dc75-422d-b20e-2932d323cac1.jpeg) Dawkins suggested that memes are comparable to genes in that they can multiply, mutate, and compete for life. ![History of meme](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/757d2e3e-796d-40c5-a105-ea325902f462/images/10f8a1db-6546-4306-ad9c-39f0094bc96e.jpeg) It exists in human minds and is handed down through social interaction and speech. ![History of meme](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/757d2e3e-796d-40c5-a105-ea325902f462/images/13ed4091-b562-4bb9-bb30-5891ff0f5fc4.jpeg) Hence, the first internet meme is generally considered to be the Dancing Baby.

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