The Human Animal (TV series)

Human Animal
The Human Animal VHS cover
Genre	Nature documentary
Presented by	Desmond Morris
Composer(s)	Howard Blake
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producer(s)	Steve Burns Bill Cosmas Mike Beynon John Macnish Clive Bromhall Vanessa Berlowitz
Running time	50 minutes
Release
Picture format	4:3
Audio format	Stereo
First shown in	BBC One
Original release	27 July 1994

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.

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.

Erratum: Firewalking has been explained.

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

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