The GOP is suddenly smitten with hands. In his closing statement at the last debate, Ben Carson got all handsy:

“Several years ago, a movie was made about these hands [i.e., his]. These hands, by the grace of God, have saved many lives and healed many families. And I’m asking you tonight, America, to join hands with me to heal, inspire, and revive America.”

Marco Rubio, most prominently, has been picking on Donald Trump’s hands. And here’s Trump, today: “I’ve always heard people say, ‘Donald, you have the most beautiful hands.’”

Yeah, no doubt. Anyway, if an anthropologist of the future peers at Republican politics in the ancient year of 2016, he might ask, “What was up with the hands?”