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Genre
  
Nature documentary

Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

Running time
  
50 minutes

Language
  
English

Number of seasons
  
1

8.9/10
IMDb

Composer(s)
  
Howard Blake

No. of episodes
  
6

First episode date
  
27 July 1994

Presented by
  
Desmond Morris

Number of episodes
  
6

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Executive producer(s)
  
Steve Burns Bill Cosmas Mike Beynon John Macnish Clive Bromhall Vanessa Berlowitz

Nominations
  
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Direction

Similar
  
Life in the Undergrowth, The Incredible Human J, The Blue Planet, Supersense, Human Universe

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The Human Animal: A Personal View of the Human Species is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by Desmond Morris, first transmitted in the United Kingdom from 27 July 1994. The series was produced in association with Discovery Channel.

Contents

Morris describes it as "A study of human behavior from a zoological perspective." He travels the world, filming the diverse customs and habits of various regions while suggesting common roots. At the close of episode one, Morris said:

I've sometimes been accused of degrading mankind, of insulting human dignity, of making man beastly. This surprised me because I like animals, and I feel proud to call myself one. I've never looked down upon them, so to call human beings animals is not, to me, degrading. It's simply being honest: putting us in our place as part of the scheme of nature on the planet Earth.

1. "The Language of the Body"

  • Gestures: Greetings, Insults, Signals, Gesticulations
  • Facial Expressions: Stares, Smiles, Tells
  • 2. "The Hunting Ape"

  • Diet: Fondness for sweets, Culinary variety
  • Evolution: Arboreal vegetarianism, Savannah meat-eating, Cooperative hunting with weapons, Food preparation, Aquatic ape hypothesis
  • Vestigial hunting behavior: Jobs, Sport Hunting, War
  • 3. "The Human Zoo"

  • Urban Tribalism: Familiarity, Theft, Uniforms, Rituals, Conflict, Social status, Territory
  • 4. "Biology of Love"

  • Courtship: Finding partners, Gender signals, Dating, Tie signs, Pair bonding, Intercourse
  • 5. "The Immortal Genes"

  • Life cycle: Infant-parent interaction, Baby signals, Child behavior, Rites of passage, Cultural indoctrination, Fighting aging, Grandparenting, Afterlives
  • 6. "Beyond Survival"

  • Creativity: Body adornment, Architectural embellishments, Vehicles, Art
  • Artistic progression: Innate scribbling, Realism
  • Play: Childhood experimentation, Adult inventiveness, Sports, Thrill-seeking, Symbolic thinking
  • Erratum: Firewalking has been explained.

    Video and book

    The accompanying book, The Human Animal by Desmond Morris (ISBN 978-0563370215), was published by BBC Books on 21 July 1994.

    References

    The Human Animal (TV series) Wikipedia