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''The Human Animal: A Personal View of the Human Species'' is a
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nature documentary
A nature documentary or wildlife documentary is a genre of documentary film or series about animals, plants, or other non-human living creatures, usually concentrating on video taken in their natural habitat but also often including footage of tr ...
series written and presented by
Desmond Morris
Desmond John Morris FLS ''hon. caus.'' (born 24 January 1928) is an English zoologist, ethologist and surrealist painter, as well as a popular author in human sociobiology. He is known for his 1967 book ''The Naked Ape'', and for his televisi ...
, first transmitted in the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
from 27 July 1994. The series was produced in association with
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel (known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery) is an American cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav. , Discovery Channe ...
.
Morris describes it as "A study of
human behavior
Human behavior is the potential and expressed capacity ( mentally, physically, and socially) of human individuals or groups to respond to internal and external stimuli throughout their life. Kagan, Jerome, Marc H. Bornstein, and Richard M. L ...
from a zoological perspective." He travels the world, filming the diverse customs and habits of various
region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...
s while suggesting common roots. At the close of episode one, Morris said:
Episodes
1. "The Language of the Body"
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Gesture
A gesture is a form of non-verbal communication or non-vocal communication in which visible bodily actions communicate particular messages, either in place of, or in conjunction with, speech. Gestures include movement of the hands, face, or ot ...
s: Greetings, Insults, Signals, Gesticulations, body language
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Facial Expressions
A facial expression is one or more motions or positions of the muscles beneath the skin of the face. According to one set of controversial theories, these movements convey the emotional state of an individual to observers. Facial expressions are a ...
: Stares, Smiles, Tells
2. "The Hunting Ape"
* Diet: Fondness for sweets, Culinary variety
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Evolution
Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. These characteristics are the expressions of genes, which are passed on from parent to offspring during reproduction. Variation ...
: Arboreal vegetarianism, Savannah meat-eating, Cooperative hunting with weapons, Food preparation,
Aquatic ape hypothesis
The aquatic ape hypothesis (AAH), also referred to as aquatic ape theory (AAT) or the waterside hypothesis of human evolution, postulates that the ancestors of modern humans took a divergent evolutionary pathway from the other great apes by becom ...
* Vestigial hunting behavior: Jobs, Sport Hunting, War
3. "The Human Zoo"
* Urban
Tribalism
Tribalism is the state of being organized by, or advocating for, tribes or tribal lifestyles. Human evolution has primarily occurred in small hunter-gatherer groups, as opposed to in larger and more recently settled agricultural societies or civ ...
: Familiarity, Theft, Uniforms, Rituals, Conflict, Social status, Territory
4. "Biology of Love"
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Courtship
Courtship is the period wherein some couples get to know each other prior to a possible marriage. Courtship traditionally may begin after a betrothal and may conclude with the celebration of marriage. A courtship may be an informal and private m ...
: Finding partners, Gender signals, Dating,
Tie signs
Tie signs are signs, signals, and symbols, that are revealed through people's actions as well as objects such as engagement rings, wedding bands, and photographs of a personal nature that suggest a relationship exists between two people. For romant ...
, Pair bonding,
Sexual intercourse
Sexual intercourse (or coitus or copulation) is a sexual activity typically involving the insertion and thrusting of the penis into the vagina for sexual pleasure or reproduction.Sexual intercourse most commonly means penile–vaginal penetrat ...
5. "The Immortal Genes"
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Life cycle
Life cycle, life-cycle, or lifecycle may refer to:
Science and academia
*Biological life cycle, the sequence of life stages that an organism undergoes from birth to reproduction ending with the production of the offspring
*Life-cycle hypothesis, ...
: 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
Firewalking is the act of walking barefoot over a bed of hot embers or stones. It has been practiced by many people and cultures in many parts of the world, with the earliest known reference dating from Iron Age India . It is often used as a rite ...
has been explained.
Public reaction
Despite sufficient warnings previously given to the public, there remained controversy regarding the 4th episode (Biology of Love) which featured sexually explicit scenes of a couple making love and an intimate study of an
orgasm
Orgasm (from Greek , ; "excitement, swelling") or sexual climax is the sudden discharge of accumulated sexual excitement during the sexual response cycle, resulting in rhythmic, involuntary muscular contractions in the pelvic region charac ...
filmed inside a woman's body which attracted an audience of more than 12 million. The woman, 31-year-old Wendy Duffield, compounded the controversy further when she told a newspaper that "the only thing that wasn't faked was the orgasm". Mrs Duffield, who made love with her husband, 38-year-old Tony, three times a day for three weeks for the cameras, said many scenes were added later using filmographic "tricks" to fool the viewers. The BBC added that this was a normal standard practice in documentary film-making.
Gibraltar Chronicle
The ''Gibraltar Chronicle'' is a national newspaper published in Gibraltar since 1801. It became a daily in 1821. It is Gibraltar's oldest established daily newspaper and the world's second oldest English language newspaper to have been in pri ...
newspaper; 31/08/1994; Page 20
Video and book
The accompanying book, ''The Human Animal'' by Desmond Morris, was published by
BBC Books
BBC Books (also formerly known as BBC Publishing) is an imprint majority-owned and managed by Penguin Random House through its Ebury Publishing division. The minority shareholder is BBC Studios, the commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasti ...
in 1994.
References
External links
Amazon VHSAmazon Book*
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BBC television documentaries
Documentary television shows about evolution