human as animalin philosophy and anthropology the ‘primal’ humans a multitude of ways people engage with the concept of a primal self, theories/frameworks/approaches to exploring this in modern life/times/cultures/research eg reptilian brain/limbic system calisthenics, infant reflexes, nature/nurture debates, pre-verbal and mentalese, homosapien+ fear, survival, trauma and psychology primal vs animalistic ‘primal urges’ and ‘primal instincts’  ‘savage’ and colonialism and the construction of whiteness de~colonialism, indigenous peoples’ rights, Whiteness thinking on how our body map determines so much of how we relate to each other and the world (what it feels like to be a bat, nagel(?) ) in sex (content warning/fetish) primal roleplay primal interpreted variously as both human and animal specific animal roleplay only kinds practised/discussed widely enough to allow for gatherings/media/being at all researchable are ponyplay, puppyplay and kittenplay whilst some are more body focused (eg cow fetishes often related to udders and lactation, a trait easily transferred between cow and human species), some are more straightforward aesthetic and behavioural matches (eg commonly kittenplay appears more aesthetic/cuteness focused or adjacent to ‘brat’ identities) but many of these specific interests cover ways of relating, crossing over with other kink-associated relationship dynamics such as training/ownership/service aspects of ponyplay and puppyplay interesting how some people transfer these ways of relating with animals to alternative ways of relating with other humans in body, media, performance body maps in general are fascinating - annihilation film played with that in some fun ways - foetal development - amorphous globosus (content warning/gore) experiments of people-as-animal like GoatMan, in performance art, traditions, rituals wild sheep chase novel ...