New nods: The chinbrow lift and footshake

The handshake, a gesture that dates to the 5th century BC, began as a gesture of peace — stretching out your dominant hand meant you didn’t have it on your sword. Today, it would seem almost menacing, as

would the hug and fistbump. Instead, catching on is the Namaste, our Indian greeting of joined hands and bowed head, made at a distance. Prince Charles and French President Emmanuel Macron have been greeting others like this lately. Others are opting to bump elbows or do the Wuhan Shake aka footshake, where you

bump the sides of your feet together. In New Zealand, a new greeting made by lifting your chin and eyebrows is inspired by the Maori, who traditionally greet one another by pressing noses and foreheads.