Ella Al-Shamahi
Ella Al-Shamahi is a National Geographic Explorer, paleoanthropologist, evolutionary biologist and stand-up comic. She specialises in Neanderthals, caves and expeditions in hostile, disputed and unstable territories. She is a TV presenter, a TED 2019 speaker and has taken 4 shows up to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She has degrees in Genetics, Taxonomy and Biodiversity and is undertaking her PhD in Palaeoanthropology.
Books by Ella Al-Shamahi
The Handshake
Ella Al-Shamahi
This quirky and engaging history reveals the secrets of one of our most ancient social gestures