Hindus, Buddhists, and Jains generally see intelligence as a continuum. Humans are at the top and are capable of escaping samsara but there is an idea of being

Hindus, Buddhists, and Jains generally see intelligence as a continuum. Humans are at the top and are capable of escaping samsara but there is an idea of being able to fall down or up the continuum due to karma. It's not a coincidence that these are the religions that have created the largest food cultures around eating vegetarian and vegan.