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Hello, this is Jeremy Bowen, the International Editor of BBC News.

And I'm here because I want to talk to you about an event I'm doing

with Intelligent Square on the 2nd of November in London.

And I'm going to be talking about the more than 30 years that I've spent

reporting on major events in the Middle East.

With my great friend and colleague over many, many years, Justin Webb.

And I'm sure we'll talk about a few other things as well.

Justin and I started at the BBC on the same day in 1984.

So if you'd like to join us either in person or online,

then visit IntelligentSquared.com to find out more.

Hello and welcome to Intelligent Squared.

I'm senior producer Conor Boyle.

Today we're learning about the history of one of the most universal human gestures

of communication found throughout the world.

The Handshake, Paleo Anthropologist Ella Elshamahi,

joins science broadcaster and author Helen Chersky to discuss her book,

The Handshake Acripping History, the discussion originally aired in April 2021.

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