The Human animal: a personal view of the human species. Part 2 (X)

United Kingdom, 1994

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Desmond Morris examines the ways in which human beings behave in terms of our “animal” instincts. The three episodes are: “The Biology of love” which is a scientific and biological approach to aspects of human love, courtship and sexuality. “The Immortal genes” examines human life from babyhood in terms of the Life Cycle. “Beyond survival” focuses on aspects of behaviour exhibited by human beings beyond those required for survival; in particular creativity and imagination. NB: Features full frontal nudity and specific scenes of sexual intercourse.

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Credits

co-producer

Graham Booth

Martin Weitz

Mike Beynon

production company

BBC

Duration

02:25:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1994

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

306239

Language

English

Audience classification

M (15+)

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child development

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Cognition and culture

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Life change events

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Life cycle, Human

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Sexual attraction

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Behavior evolution

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Child development

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cognition and culture

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Life change events

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Life cycle, Human

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychology - Comparative

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Behavior evolution

Television

Television → Television programs

Television → Television programs → Television programs - Great Britain

Television → Television series

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Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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