Can we ever discover the date, time and context of the world's first-ever handshake?  Probably not. 

But can we establish when and why the handshake emerged as a mainstream form of greeting? Yes, we can! 

In this illustrated online talk, historian Penelope Corfield explores the antiquity of the gesture, explains its emergence as a daily greeting and (at the end) briefly speculates on its future prospects. 

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