Have you not noticed this who always make sure to know "their place" in social orders/groups? It's not even an involuntary thing -- I'm talking one knowing "where they stand" because it is relevant to them to consider such a thing. Examples include people who deliberately make it known what...
Ray has written about the similarity in consciousness and even intelligence between animals and man. This is a nice summary of the some of the arguments for that belief.
https://philosophy.columbian.gwu.edu/si ... nimals.pdf