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4 Simple Signs a Guy Likes You (According to Anthropologists)
Lessons learned from watching Animal Planet
Fifteen feet away, Thalia spotted Alex. Alex was just Thalia’s type. Brawny and tall with a well-proportioned, inquisitive face.
Under hooded eyes, she looked up at him. Alex met her gaze but then bashfully looked away. Thalia continued to steal occasional glances at Alex while fiddling with her feet and playing with her hair.
The two continued this courtship dance for several minutes until Thalia finally caught Alex’s gaze, but this time…he did not look away.
He approached her, and the two began a year-long romance.
The story of how Thalia and Alex met may seem familiar. But these two lovebirds did not lock eyes across a crowded bar. They met on the Eburru cliffs of Kenya. They were the baboons that anthropologist Barbara Smuts’ observed for her research on social relationships between primates.
Yes, that’s right. Thalia and Alex are a tale of mad monkey love. It’s a secret only anthropologists know — human sexuality is often about as sophisticated as a baboon flashing its buttocks.
So here’s how to know if a guy likes you according to the courtship rituals of Animal Planet.
