Nothing that is known of the animal kingdom and the behaviours of animals suggests they are more evolved in the aspects that I mentioned. Certainly, dolphins are far superior to us as ocean-dwelling creatures. And apes are much better suited to swinging through trees than you or I. But no lion will ever compose a sonnet; no eagle will study the periodic table; no Golden Retriever will philosophize on the meaning of life. Certainly, there is absolutely no indication that animals have any "spiritual" dimension to their lives or even can conceive of such a thing.
I don't believe this. I think the Bible, God's word, tells us quite comprehensively what God values. It is not up to us to guess, to put ourselves in God's place, essentially, and decide for ourselves what is and isn't of value.
No, His word tells us He delights in holy people, living in the manner in which He created them to live which is in daily, loving fellowship with Himself.
There may be tenuous connections one may delineate between creatures God has made in the physical realm but in the spiritual, supernatural realm humans depart completely from the biosphere - a "sphere," the Bible says, God will one day utterly destroy and replace with "a new heavens and earth wherein righteousness dwells." (2 Peter 3:10-12)
This is not what the Bible tells us is the fate of our sin-cursed world. All the trees, rocks, rivers and fields of this world, all the deserts, mountains and seas will be gone, replaced with a better, pure version of what presently is. Trees have nothing to teach us about the things that really matter, though they serve very well as houses, furniture, telephone poles and toilet paper.