Body Language and Animal Behavior

The field of body language is also close to ethology, the study of animal behavior.


The first model ethologist is Charles Darwin whose book 
“The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals”
 inspired and influenced many researchers in the field. 

Other researchers such as Julian Huxley extended the field by studying instinctive or natural behavior in species under specific circumstances. 

Many non-verbal signals tend to be instinctive, so the field shed light on why we and other close members of the animal kingdom behave in certain similar ways when confronted with certain stimuli. 











The field provides clues on instincts, behavioral conditioning, cognition and even psychology