I understand that you want to reach deeper in understanding your historical relationship with nature. It’s a perfectly sound approach as it looks at the entire evolutionary story of the “emergence” of humans species.
I do believe that Daniel Dennett’s “Physical stance” addresses only the body response to external influences, such as gravity, a physical response.
But I do like the concept of the “Intentional stance” that addresses the quasi-intelligent mechanics of the entire human biome.
In another thread, we talk about “purpose”. I believe Daniel Dennett addressed this with the concept of “Intentional stance”, i.e. all parts of the human biome have a purpose, they must do what they are evolved to do. Their intent is to do what they do. Just as homeostasis subconsciously keeps the body’s biochemistry in balance.