This paper by Paul Cisek is essential reading for cog neuro folks: Resynthesizing Behavior Through Phylogenetic Refinement pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31161495/ - really about reframing and anchoring cognitive concepts in simpler, more ancient mechanisms 
This paper really lays out a fundamental paradigm shift for cognitive science that is much more grounded in biology, IMO... It's incredibly well thought out and presented - great pics too!
My marginalia are pretty much just emphatic "yes!"es 👍
In short, if you want to understand the most complex and sophisticated kinds of cognition seen in humans, it pays to start with simpler critters and see how it got elaborated
