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The Human Animal

1994 1 season 6 eps 16

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Season 1

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Season 1

60 min

S1 · E1 · Jul 27, 1994

The Language of the Body Episode 1

The BBC's Natural History Unit focuses on the planet's most advanced animal, beginning with a look at how man communicated before the evolution of language. Some gestures and expressions are so ingrained that we have not been able to erase them from our vocabulary.

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60 min

S1 · E2 · Jul 27, 1994

The Hunting Ape Episode 2

This episode looks at our most fundamental activity - finding food, examining how humans exploit even the most inhospitable environments, and analysing how our origins as hunter-gatherers manifest themselves in the fast-food culture of the modern world.

7.7 · You

60 min

S1 · E3 · Jul 27, 1994

The Human Zoo Episode 3

In evolutionary terms, the human animal has gone from mud hut to skyscraper in the mere twinkling of an eye. The cameras of the Natural History Unit capture the subtleties of human hierarchy in an English pub, the urge to set up and defend territory in a Tokyo park, and tribal behaviour as displayed by gangs in Los Angeles.

7.8 · You

60 min

S1 · E4 · Jul 27, 1994

The Biology of Love Episode 4

In this program, Desmond Morris analyzes the biological nature of love, with its attendant patterns of behaviour and signals of health and fertility that have evolved to ensure pair-bonding and genetic survival. The pre- and post-pubescent periods of sexual maturation, the stages of courtship, and the aesthetics of physical beauty are studied, along with the anatomical mechanics of sexual arousal and copulation. In addition, the stresses placed on couples by life in an urbanised, crowded world are explored.

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60 min

S1 · E5 · Jul 27, 1994

The Immortal Genes Episode 5

Desmond Morris looks at the natural history of the human parent and child. Why do homo sapiens devote more time to raising their young than any other animal? What makes parents sacrifice so much for their children, and why, once the offspring have been raised, don't humans simply die off as other creatures do? Desmond reveals how children offer a way of overcoming death itself.

7.8 · You

60 min

S1 · E6 · Jul 27, 1994

Beyond Survival Episode 6

Humans are animals with similar biological needs to other species. So why have we got art, cinema, sport, literature and philosophy? In the last programme in the series, Desmond Morris examines what the human animal does when it has sorted out its basic needs - food, warmth and shelter - and has gone beyond mere survival. He explores the inventiveness of human behaviour, and comes to some fascinating conclusions.

7.9 · You

6 episodes in Season 1

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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, which focuses on the behaviour of homo sapiens, examining areas such as love and sex, baby rearing, the importance of urban habitat and the roots of our creativity.

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Desmond Morris

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The Human Sexes

The Man Behind the Masquerade

Wendy Duffield

Herself

Total runtime 5h 0m · Episode length 50 min · Country United Kingdom

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Premiered

July 27, 1994

Status

Ended

Network

BBC One

Country

United Kingdom

Type

Scripted

Episode length

50 min

Total runtime

5h 0m

Original language

English

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BBC

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Discovery

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United Kingdom

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Spoken on screen

English

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