Two Englishmen going to Italy

The Human Animal - The Language of the Body

A personal vView of the human species by Desmond Morris. This episode 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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Japanese gestures

What does this gesture mean?



Note: Yakuza are members of traditional organized crime groups in Japan, and also known as "violence groups".

Body language

From the BBC documentary The Human Animal by Desmond Morris:


An interesting article to read (click on the headline below):
The top 10 hand gestures you'd better get right

Just for fun:

Note: Bears refers to an American football team, the Chicago Bears.

Vocabulary associated with body language and gestures