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Ah, the handshake. We ditched it for the most part due to Covid-19, but we may not be able to shake this style of greeting indefinitely.
Edwin J. C. van Leeuwen
To tease out the importance of handshakes, a new study in Biology Letters takes a deep dive into hand grasping behavior among chimpanzees over the course of 12 years.
Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens via Giphy
Some prefer grasping each other’s hands, palm to palm, while others grab each other by the forearm, for example.