This article talks about such a phenomenon as a smile. This topic is considered from a historical point of view, from the point of view of health and the physical component of the human body. The influence of a smile on the emotional and physical state.
Scientific studies of the appearance of a smile
In the middle of the 19th century, Charles Darwin was the first to reveal that human facial expressions are a continuation of facial expressions characteristic of great apes: with the help of facial expressions, primates conveyed threat, anxiety, fright, demonstrated peacefulness. According to Darwin, human facial expressions first expressed readiness for attack, movement, defense, and only in the course of human development, facial expressions began to convey information about the inner state of a person, about his desire to establish communication with other people.
