Ngama-60s, izifundo zokuqala ze-ethological zokuziphatha kwezingane zenziwa. Imisebenzi eminingana emikhulu kule ndawo yenziwa cishe ngesikhathi esisodwa nguN. Blairton Jones, P. Smith noC. Connolly, W. McGrew. Eyokuqala yachaza izinkulumo ezilingisayo eziningi, ukuma okunolaka nokuzivikela ezinganeni futhi yaqokomisa i-goo play njengendlela yokuziphatha ezimele [Blurton Jones, 1972]. Lesi sakamuva senza ukubhekwa okuningiliziwe kokuziphatha kwezingane ezineminyaka emibili kusukela ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalolunye kuya eminyakeni emine izinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye ekhaya nasenkulisa (enkampanini yabazali futhi ngaphandle kwabo) futhi wabonisa ukuba khona kokungafani kobulili ekuziphatheni komphakathi. Baphinde baphakamisa ukuthi ukuhluka kobuntu ngabanye kungachazwa ngesisekelo sedatha ekubonakalisweni kokuziphatha kwangaphandle [Smith, Connolly, 1972]. W. McGrew encwadini yakhe ethi «The Ethological Study of Children's Behavior» wanikeza i-ethogram enemininingwane yokuziphatha kwezingane futhi wafakazela ukusebenza kwemiqondo nemiqondo ye-ethological, njengokubusa, indawo, ithonya lokuminyana kweqembu ekuziphatheni komphakathi, kanye nesakhiwo sokuziphatha kwezingane. ukunaka [McGrew, 1972]. Ngaphambi kwalokhu, le mibono yayibhekwa njengesebenzayo ezilwaneni futhi yayisetshenziswa kabanzi ngokuyinhloko yi-primatologists. Ukuhlaziywa kwe-ethological kokuncintisana nokubusa phakathi kwezingane zasenkulisa kwenze kwaba nokwenzeka ukuphetha ngokuthi ukubusa kwamaqembu anjalo kuthobela imithetho yokushintshashintsha komugqa, kusungulwa ngokushesha ngesikhathi sokwakhiwa kweqembu lezenhlalo futhi kuhlala kuzinzile ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Yiqiniso, inkinga isekude ukuxazululwa ngokugcwele, ngoba idatha yabalobi abahlukene ikhomba izici ezihlukahlukene zalesi simo. Ngokombono owodwa, ukubusa kuhlobene ngokuqondile nokufinyelela okukhethekile ezinsizeni ezinomkhawulo [Strayer, Strayer, 1976; Charlesworth and Lafreniere 1983]. Ngokusho kwabanye - ngekhono lokuzwana nontanga futhi uhlele othintana nabo emphakathini, ukuheha ukunaka (idatha yethu ngezingane zaseRussia naseKalmyk).
Indawo ebalulekile emsebenzini we-ethology yezingane yayithathwe izifundo zokukhulumisana okungenazwi. Ukusetshenziswa kwesistimu yokubhala ikhodi yokunyakaza kobuso eyakhiwe u-P. Ekman kanye no-W. Friesen kwavumela u-G. Oster ukuthi athole ukuthi izinsana zingakwazi ukwenza konke ukunyakazisa kwemisipha okujwayelekile kwabantu abadala [Oster, 1978]. Ukubhekwa kobuso bezingane ezibonayo neziyizimpumputhe esimweni semvelo somsebenzi wasemini [Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1973] kanye nokusabela kwezingane ezimweni zokuhlola [Charlesworth, 1970] kuholele esiphethweni sokuthi izingane eziyizimpumputhe zincishwe amathuba okuba Ukufunda okubonwayo khombisa isimo sobuso esifanayo ezimweni ezifanayo. Ukubuka kwezingane ezineminyaka emibili kuya kwemihlanu kwenze kwaba nokwenzeka ukukhuluma mayelana nokwandiswa kwe-repertoire evamile yezinkulumo ezilingisayo ezihlukile [Abramovitch, Marvin, 1975]. Njengoba ikhono lengane lezenhlalo likhula, phakathi kweminyaka engu-2,5 kanye ne-4,5, kukhona futhi ukwanda kwemvamisa yokusebenzisa ukumamatheka komphakathi [Cheyne, 1976]. Ukusetshenziswa kwezindlela ze-ethological ekuhlaziyweni kwezinqubo zentuthuko kuqinisekisile ukuba khona kwesisekelo sangaphakathi sokuthuthukiswa kobuso bomuntu [Hiatt et al, 1979]. C. Tinbergen wasebenzisa izindlela ze-ethological kudokotela wengqondo wezingane ukuze ahlaziye izenzakalo ze-autism ezinganeni, edonsela ukunakekela eqinisweni lokuthi ukugwema ukubuka, okuvamile ezinganeni ezine-autistic, kubangelwa ukwesaba ukuxhumana nomphakathi.