The Primal Wisdom of Prehistoric Creatures: Knowing Without Thinking
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This article explores the concept of “non-conceptual knowing” among prehistoric animals, focusing on instinctive intelligence, sensory integration and environmental resonance. Long before the rise of rational cognition, many creatures exhibited sophisticated responses to stimuli that suggest a form of primal wisdom intelligence without abstraction. Drawing from ethology, neurobiology and Buddhist insight into non-verbal consciousness, the article argues that such knowing reflects an early form of awareness deeply connected to the flow of nature. This perspective opens a new dialogue about the nature of wisdom in beings that existed before language, logic, or reflection.
Author: NIMMAHNRATANAKUL, LUNCHANAWAT
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6968328892
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