For many people, a handshake feels so natural that it’s easy to assume humans have been greeting each other this way for as long as humans have been around. In the Western world, whether you’re meeting someone for the first time or sealing a business deal, extending your hand is almost second nature. Indeed, people have clasped hands for at least 3,000 years, though the familiar handshake we use as an everyday greeting is much more recent. Over the centuries, the gesture has symbolized everything from military alliances and sacred promises to equality, friendship, and ...Read More