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The Handshake: A Gripping History

โ€A fabulously sparky, wide-ranging and horizon-broadening little study … joyously unboringโ€ Sunday TimesFriends do it, strangers do it and so do chimpanzees – and it`s not just deeply embedded in our history and culture, it may even be written in our DNA. The humble handshake, it turns out, has a rich and surprising history.So let`s join palaeoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi as she embarks on a funny and fascinating voyage of discovery – from the handshake`s origins (at least seven million years ago) all the way to its sudden disappearance in March 2020. Drawing on new research, anthropological insights and first-hand experience, she`ll reveal how this most friendly of gestures has played a role in everything from meetings with uncontacted tribes to political assassinations – and what it tells us about the enduring power of human contact.Because the story of the handshake… is far from over.

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