The Human Animal: A Personal View of the Human Species (1994) The Language of The Body
In this first episode, Morris takes us through a world-wide tour of cultural body language differences, emphasizing the well known awkward situations they can produce for those unaware of such differences. More importantly, however, Morris digs deeper and finds that beyond the superficial differences there are biological similarities that turn out to be virtually universal, a product of our evolutionary history, so much so that we share many of them with our closest cousins: chimpanzees.
A six part documentary series in which zoologist Desmond Morris examines human behavior and the human condition from a zoological perspective.
Primary Title
- The Human Animal: A Personal View of the Human Species
Episode Title
- The Language of The Body
Date Broadcast
- Monday 2 October 1995
Release Year
- 1994
Start Time
- 22 : 00
Finish Time
- 23 : 00
Duration
- 60:00
Episode
- 1
Channel
- TV One
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Programme Description
- A six part documentary series in which zoologist Desmond Morris examines human behavior and the human condition from a zoological perspective.
Episode Description
- In this first episode, Morris takes us through a world-wide tour of cultural body language differences, emphasizing the well known awkward situations they can produce for those unaware of such differences. More importantly, however, Morris digs deeper and finds that beyond the superficial differences there are biological similarities that turn out to be virtually universal, a product of our evolutionary history, so much so that we share many of them with our closest cousins: chimpanzees.
Classification
- PGR
Owning Collection
- Television Vault
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Documentary television programs--Great Britain
- Human behavior
- Human evolution
- Human beings--Animal nature
- Primates--Behavior
Genres
- Animals
- Documentary
- Nature
- Science
Hosts
- Desmond Morris (Presenter)
Contributors
- Desmond Morris (Writer)
- Discovery Channel (Production Unit)
- Howard Blake (Composer)
- BBC (Production Unit)
- Mike Beynon (Producer)
Subjects
- Documentary television programs--Great Britain
- Human behavior
- Human evolution
- Human beings--Animal nature
- Primates--Behavior