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* '''Subverted''': The post-apocalypse humans regress to a caveman-life lifestyle and seem poised to descend into a fully primordial state, until one tripe redevelops the use of fire and invents complex tools again.
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* '''Subverted''': The post-apocalypse humans regress to a caveman-life lifestyle and seem poised to descend into a fully primordial state, until one tripe tribe redevelops the use of fire and invents complex tools again.
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'''Basic Trope''': A species of sapient beings regresses to an animal-like state.
* '''Straight''': After the apocalypse, humans become non-sapient, chimp-like predators.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** All that's left of post-apocalypse humanity is vegetative MeatMoss descended from free-growing tumors.
** All sapient species in the story's world regress into an animalistic state.
* '''Downplayed''':
** After the apocalypse, humans become dim, caveman-like beings with only simple tool use and language.
** A species of cunning, tool-using animals evolves to become less intelligent.
* '''Justified''': The post-apocalypse humans adapt to life as patient ambush predators, where off-the-cuff problem solving isn't as important as metabolic efficiency.
* '''Subverted''': The post-apocalypse humans regress to a caveman-life lifestyle and seem poised to descend into a fully primordial state, until one tripe redevelops the use of fire and invents complex tools again.
* '''Double Subverted''': The tool-using tribe dies in a plague epidemic, and the remaining posthumans keep going as before.
* '''Inverted''': An animal species evolves sapience.
* '''Averted''': The setting's humans are not depicted as losing intelligence, language skills or tool-use.
* '''Defied''': The survivors of the apocalypse note a very worrying trend in how more and more culture and technology is being lost, and try to preserve as much active culture as they can.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': A cycle emerges where sapient civilizations arise and collapse, their survivors become animals, some of these animalistic offshoots re-develop sapience, and their civilizations eventually fall and restart the process.
%%* '''Lampshaded''': The trope is mentioned.
%%* '''Discussed''': The trope is talked about in a relevant situation.
%%* '''Conversed''': The trope is talked about in a irrelevant situation.
%%* '''Invoked''': A character sets up the trope consciously.
%%* '''Exploited''': A character uses a trope in effect for their own personal gain.
%%* '''Played for Laughs''': The trope is played for comedic purposes.
* '''Played for Drama''': The work uses humanity's loss of sapience as a means to philosophize about human nature, the blind march of evolution, and what qualities make or define a person.
%%* '''Played for Horror''': The trope is instead used to scare people.
%%* '''Implied''': The trope may have happened off-screen.
%%* '''Deconstructed''': The trope is played out as it would in real life, usually putting it in a negative light.
%%* '''Reconstructed''': The trope is deconstructed, but it can still be put to good use.
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* '''Straight''': After the apocalypse, humans become non-sapient, chimp-like predators.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** All that's left of post-apocalypse humanity is vegetative MeatMoss descended from free-growing tumors.
** All sapient species in the story's world regress into an animalistic state.
* '''Downplayed''':
** After the apocalypse, humans become dim, caveman-like beings with only simple tool use and language.
** A species of cunning, tool-using animals evolves to become less intelligent.
* '''Justified''': The post-apocalypse humans adapt to life as patient ambush predators, where off-the-cuff problem solving isn't as important as metabolic efficiency.
* '''Subverted''': The post-apocalypse humans regress to a caveman-life lifestyle and seem poised to descend into a fully primordial state, until one tripe redevelops the use of fire and invents complex tools again.
* '''Double Subverted''': The tool-using tribe dies in a plague epidemic, and the remaining posthumans keep going as before.
* '''Inverted''': An animal species evolves sapience.
* '''Averted''': The setting's humans are not depicted as losing intelligence, language skills or tool-use.
* '''Defied''': The survivors of the apocalypse note a very worrying trend in how more and more culture and technology is being lost, and try to preserve as much active culture as they can.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': A cycle emerges where sapient civilizations arise and collapse, their survivors become animals, some of these animalistic offshoots re-develop sapience, and their civilizations eventually fall and restart the process.
%%* '''Lampshaded''': The trope is mentioned.
%%* '''Discussed''': The trope is talked about in a relevant situation.
%%* '''Conversed''': The trope is talked about in a irrelevant situation.
%%* '''Invoked''': A character sets up the trope consciously.
%%* '''Exploited''': A character uses a trope in effect for their own personal gain.
%%* '''Played for Laughs''': The trope is played for comedic purposes.
* '''Played for Drama''': The work uses humanity's loss of sapience as a means to philosophize about human nature, the blind march of evolution, and what qualities make or define a person.
%%* '''Played for Horror''': The trope is instead used to scare people.
%%* '''Implied''': The trope may have happened off-screen.
%%* '''Deconstructed''': The trope is played out as it would in real life, usually putting it in a negative light.
%%* '''Reconstructed''': The trope is deconstructed, but it can still be put to good use.
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