A primal cut (of meat).
"The butcher recommended buying a primal rib section to ensure we had enough leftovers for the week's meals."
To take part in primal therapy.
"After years of suppressing her emotions, she finally decided to attend a workshop where people could express their feelings without judgment through primal therapy."
serving as an essential component
"a cardinal rule"
"the central cause of the problem"
"an example that was fundamental to the argument"
"computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"
having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
"aboriginal forests"
"primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"
"the forest primeval"
"primordial matter"
"primordial forms of life"
Being the first in time or in history.
"The cave paintings discovered deep within the mountain are considered a primal form of human artistic expression."