Why Do We Shake Hands?

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PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to http://to.pbs.org/DonateORIG ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Check out Self-Evident on PBS Voices: https://youtu.be/bo9GwCPIMF4 Will we ever shake hands again?! With the current state of the world, no one can really say. But that got us wondering... why do we shake hands in the first place? Today, Danielle traces the history of the handshake from Babylonia and the early Greeks to the present. Special thanks to our Historians Harry Brisson and Melanie-Antonietta Brown and Archivist Rachel Brice on Patreon! Join them at https://www.patreon.com/originofeverything Created and Hosted by Danielle Bainbridge Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios --- Follow us on... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/originofeverythingpbs/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pbsoriginofeverything/?hl=en --- Origin of Everything is a show about the untold histories and cultural dialogues that make up our collective story. From the food we eat, to the trivia and fun facts we can’t seem to get out of our heads, to the social issues we can’t stop debating, everything around us has a history. Origin of Everything is here to explore it all. We like to think that no topic is too small or too challenging to get started. Works Cited: Albrecht, Karl. “The Art (And Psychology) of the Handshake.” Psychology Today. June 10, 2017. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brainsnacks/201706/the-art-and-psycholo

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