SIM Ep 489 Chops 200: Shaking hands with Ella Al-Shamahi
Apr 04, 2021•34 min
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Episode description
Covid 19 has given the handshake a bad rap, reckons explorer and paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi, who set out to explore the origins and significance of the greeting in her book The Handshake: A Gripping History. She chatted to Jen about why she is a massive advocate for the handshake, why it's probably not gone for good, and why some of us have really missed physical contact in our lives, over the past year
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