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Let’s face it, handshaking is fastly becoming a thing of the past. “Remember when we used to actually touch & hold other people’s hands?!”

In rememberance of this dying trend, we thought it would be great to understand the history of handshaking. Makes for a cool story to have “on hand” for when you have your first awkward anti-handshake moment.

The History of the Handshake The ritual gesture has existed since ancient times—but its use as an everyday greeting is a more recent phenomenon.