Title on container: Desmond Morris' The Human animal: a personal view of the human species. The language of the body. Title on cassette label: Desmond Morris' The Human animal. The language of the body. Originally produced in 1994.

Producer/director, Clive Bromhall.

Narrator, Desmond Morris.

Although humans can make more than 3,000 hand gestures, even the simplest have numerous variations and interpretations. This program, filmed on five continents, examines not only hand gestures, but facial expressions, head shakes and body distance as well--and the misunderstandings that can occur when body language is transported across cultural lines. Supression of body language is also discussed, along with "nonverbal leakage," in which the body's language can belie a speaker's words.

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