Common Sense Media Review
By Melissa Camacho
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Informative science show touches on aggression, mating, etc.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 12+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Watch
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How Human Are You?
Parent and Kid Reviews
What's the Story?
HOW HUMAN ARE YOU? is an informative docuseries that reveals the connection between animal and human behavior. With the help of naturalists, human behaviorists, neuroscientists, and other experts, explanations of animal behaviors ranging from choosing group leaders to attracting a potential mate are explained. Reenactments of human-specific activities help to highlight what makes their behavior similar to those of various animals. The unique and different characteristics that people bring to these behaviors are also noted.
Is It Any Good?
How Human Are You? offers an interesting look at the way the behaviors among different species of animals are replicated among human beings. The show identifies the different actions and activities that both animals and people engage in when trying to exist in a group, including asserting dominance, flirting, and even bullying. Scientific explanations behind these behaviors are offered.
Some of the similarities between animal and human behavior is surprising. The explanations behind some of our human behaviors, including being seduced by good looks vs. good ideas, and choosing style vs. substance, is also a little uncomfortable to think about. Nonetheless, it also reminds us that we, unlike animals, have the capacity to make different choices if we want to.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the way people are portrayed in social settings in the media. How do movies and TV shows feature people who fight to be leaders, or who are followers? People who are looking for dates? Are these true depictions of what people are like, or are they based on stereotypes?
What can you learn from a show like this? Does anything on this show surprise you?
TV Details
- Premiere date : March 14, 2014
- Network : NatGeoWild
- Genre : Reality TV
- Topics : STEM , Animals ( Wild Animals )
- TV rating :
- Last updated : October 1, 2025
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