I'm looking for an idea that is passed on from parent to child, for the most generations in a row.

It cannot be something we need to do to survive, like eating. Something like making fire could qualify, but I don't like it because it's also indirectly required for survival.

This question resolves to whatever response sounds oldest to me.

Aug 25, 10:18pm:

To be more precise: it should not have a direct benefit for survival. I want to find a meme that propagates because of itself, not because of the benefit it provides.

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