The Handshake - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Ips - Profile BooksISBN-13:9781788167819ISBN-10:1788167813UPC:9781788167819Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:AnthropologyBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.4Product ID:SCNWZ31460
Friends 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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Ips - Profile BooksISBN-13:9781788167819ISBN-10:1788167813UPC:9781788167819Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:AnthropologyBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.4Product ID:SCNWZ31460
Al-Shamahi Ella: - Ella Al-Shamahi is a National Geographic Explorer, palaeoanthropologist, evolutionary biologist and stand-up comic. Specialising in in Neanderthals, caves and expeditions in hostile, disputed and unstable territories, she is also a TV presenter, a TED speaker and has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She has degrees in Genetics, Taxonomy and Biodiversity, and is currently undertaking her PhD in Palaeoanthropology.
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