Handshake, Ella Al-Shamahi

Cod : 9781788167819

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''It''''s a little book of wonder, it''''s fantastic'''' Chris Evans''''A fabulously sparky, wide-ranging and horizon-broadening little study joyously unboring'''' 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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'It's a little book of wonder, it's fantastic' Chris Evans'A fabulously sparky, wide-ranging and horizon-broadening little study ... joyously unboring' 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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Anul publicarii	2021
ISBN	9781788167819
Format coperta	Brosata
Numar pagini	176
Limba	English
Domeniul	Stiinte sociale
Autor	Ella Al-Shamahi
De aceeasi editura	Profile Books Limited
CM	21121
DS	D/1#MEGA/3
Goodreads	https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=9781788167819
Dimensiuni	Height: 8 Inches, Length: 5.25 Inches, Weight: 0.3968320716 Pounds, Width: 0.5 Inches