Nonverbal communication exists since Charles Darwins “Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals”. Since then many experts have found that peoples communication is not only verbal but also nonverbal. A substantial portion of our communication is nonverbal. Every day, we respond to nonverbal signs and behaviors including postures, facial expression, eye gaze, gestures, and tone of voice. Communication is made of 93%  nonverbal communication, 55% through facial expression, posture, gesture and 38% through tone of voice. Nonverbal communication types can include:  Shaking hands, posture, facial expressions, appearance, voice, tone, hairstyle, clothes, expression in your eyes, smile, how close you stand to others, how you listen, confidence, your breathing, the way you move, the way you stand, the way you touch people, color choice, silence.




Nonverbal communication types are : Firstly facial expression. You have 80 muscles in your face that can create more than 7,000 facial expressions. There are six main types of facial expressions applied to everyone: Sadness- Area around mouth and eyes,  Happiness- includes smile and round eyes, Fear- open mouth; Disgust-wrinkled nose, raised upper lip; Angry- lower eyebrow and stare intensely and Surprise-raised eyebrow, wide open eyes, open mouth. Second are the gestures. This includes more shoulder and arm gestures,like waving, pointing, and using fingers to indicate number amounts. Third are paralinguistics such as tone of voice , loudness. The tone of voice can have a great effect in a conversation . your state of mind can be easily seen through your tone of voice. If you are upset you can talk nervously or in a lower voice when you are sad. Some words can have a different meaning depending on the tone of voice.

The fourth type of nonverbal communication is the body language and posture. People of higher status take a more relaxed body posture. Standing tall helps a person achieve dominance. When people have inferior roles, they reflect the move by lowering their head or raise their hands. There are many gestures we can notice in other person`s body language. Most of the time, we don`t see them or it just comes natural. The fifth nonverbal communication type is Proxemics- the space we consider as belonging to us. Women tend to sit closer to one another than men and they tend to turn their bodies towards one another. Space and distance can be an indicator of intimacy. The more you get to know somebody the more you get near. 

The sixth is eye gaze. Eye gaze includes looking, staring, and blinking that can also be important nonverbal behaviors. Seventh – haptics meaning communication through touch. And the last one appearance. Our choice of color, clothing, hairstyles, and other factors affecting appearance are also considered as nonverbal communication. It`s a fact that attractive people have more success. They are seen as more interesting, have more dates and can climb the ladder of society more quickly than the rest. Attractive individuals are perceived as happier, more popular, more sociable, and more successful.