Ella Al-Shamahi

And suddenly, as seeming very prim and proper, we seem more like dogs just smearing each other's mouths.

But the reason why I'm talking about all this is that I think that the handshake is very old.

And if the chimps are doing it as well, the general kind of evolutionary biology principle is that if two very closely related species are doing something, there's a good chance that it's by descent.

And so therefore, if we're doing it,

and the Neanderthals are also part of that lineage, they would also be doing it.

So I think it is possible.

I mean, we were having sex with the Neanderthals, so let's just put out there that maybe we should do that as well.

And I think what I love about this, and I think about this a lot, is that I think in the way that we talk about history, we often assume that everybody's the same, right?

And my personal observation is that people within a group, within a tribe, can be very different.

In my mind, it's always like Uncle Bob.

Uncle Bob is always the one, because there's always one person, right?

It's usually an aunt, but sometimes it's Uncle Bob, who are just way too friendly.

They want to talk to everyone.

They want to talk to the strangers.

And it's like, in my mind, it's like Uncle Bob is constantly the one going off to talk to the Neanderthals and all the other species and just being out.

And his wife's like, oh my God, can you stop it?

It's weird.

But as much as I'm being like slightly, I'm taking the piss there a little bit, but actually,

I'm on.

Am I?