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  2. Holding hands - Wikipedia

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    A couple holds hands on their fiftieth anniversary George W. Bush and future King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia holding hands. In Western culture, spouses and romantic couples often hold hands as a sign of affection or to express psychological closeness. Non-romantic friends may also hold hands, although acceptance of this varies by culture and ...

  3. List of gestures - Wikipedia

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    T-sign: Made by holding one hand vertically and tapping the fingertips with the palm of the other hand held horizontally such that the two hands form the shape of the letter T. A variant uses the forearms in place of the hands. It is used in many sports to request a timeout; in cricket, it is used by players to request the review of the third ...

  4. Here's How to Properly Shake Hands in 14 Different Countries

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    By Kathleen Elkins and Skye Gould In Brazil and the United States, a firm handshake is expected. This would be off putting in the UK, as the British like to greet each other with a lighter handshake.

  5. Public display of affection - Wikipedia

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    A couple hugging at a beach in the United States A male swimmer with his hands on a female swimmer's waist, United States. In most of the Western world, such as Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States, and Latin America, it is very common to see people holding hands, hugging and sometimes kissing in public. It is not ...

  6. Globalization really started 1,000 years ago - AOL

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    Viking ships touched down on the Canadian island of Newfoundland around the year 1000, at what is now the archaeological site known as L'Anse aux Meadows.For the first time, the two sides of the ...

  7. Holding Hands: The Benefits and Why We Do It, According to ...

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  8. Evolution of languages - Wikipedia

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    The highly diverse Nilo-Saharan languages, first proposed as a family by Joseph Greenberg in 1963 might have originated in the Upper Paleolithic. [1] Given the presence of a tripartite number system in modern Nilo-Saharan languages, linguist N.A. Blench inferred a noun classifier in the proto-language, distributed based on water courses in the Sahara during the "wet period" of the Neolithic ...

  9. FYI: Your Handholding Style Reveals *A Lot* About Your ...

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    Holding hands boosts oxytocin and intimacy, but did you know there are eight styles that each mean something different? Body language experts explain them all. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us.