Twenty-five years after it first caused a splash in the scientific and literary worlds, Intimate Behavior is still one of the best chronicles of human intimacy. With a masterful and entertaining eye, Desmond Morris, bestselling author of The Naked Ape and The Human Zoo, analyzes the roots of human intimacy, from the handshake through the twelve stages that people pass through on their way to the total sexual embrace. Morris contends that the months just before and after birth are when the seeds of intimacy are planted and are critical to development. From the loving attention of the mother, the child learns and responds with intimate gestures of his or her own. He argues that human adults follow certain patterns of intimate behaviour that are based on these infant experiences for their entire lives. In addition to sexual intimacy, Morris discussed social intimacy, intimacy substitutes, object intimacy, and self-intimacy. Complete with a new preface by the author, Intimate Behavior is a provocative view of humans need to touch and to be touched, to love and to be loved. At a crucial moment, a gentle embrace can still do more good than a thousand earnest discussions. Despite all our social and technological advances, the primeval body language of love still remains the most potent force we have for the expression of feelings of comfort and caring. Desmond Morris, from his new Preface

作者德斯蒙德•莫利斯简介：

德斯蒙德•莫利斯何许人？他是英国著名动物学家、生物人类学家，生物进化科普作家、电视节目撰稿人和主持人、艺术家，历任伦敦动物园哺乳动物馆馆长、现代美术研究所所长、牛津大学特聘研究员。

莫利斯，这位终身与动物为伍的牛津大学博士，一生都在行走。他用一只眼睛观察动物，用另一只眼睛审视人类。1967年，他用“裸猿三部曲”——《裸猿》《人类动物园》《亲密行为》向人类宣称：人，不是从天而降的天使，而是由地而生的猿猴。

从《裸猿》三部曲起，他一共创作了十来种著作，被翻译成多种语言，且长销不衰。

译者何道宽简介：

何道宽，深圳大学英语及传播学教授，享受政府津贴的专家，曾任中国跨文化交际研究会副会长，现任中国传播学会副理事长、深圳市翻译协会高级顾问，从事文化学、人类学、传播学研究20余年，著译逾1 000万字。著作有《中华文明颉要》（汉英双语版）、《创意导游》（英文版）；电视教学片有《实用英语语音》。译作逾40种，要者有：《思维的训练》《文化树》《超越文化》《理解媒介》等。