 Despite its Aristotelian heritage, animalism is a relative newcomer to the personal identity debate. While early intimations of the view can be found in work by Wiggins (1980) and Wollheim (1984), those primarily responsible for injecting the view into the contemporary debate over personal identity include Ayers (1991), Carter (1989, 1999), Olson (1997), Snowdon (1990, 1991, 1995), and van Inwagen (1990). Though its supporters appear to remain in the minority, animalism has since attracted other advocates, including Bailey (2016, 2017), Blatti (2012), DeGrazia (2005), Hacker (2007), Hershenov (2005a), D. Mackie (1999a,b), Merricks (2001), and Wiggins (2001). Notable critics include Baker (2000, 2016), Johnston (2007, 2016), McMahan (2002), Noonan (1998, 1989 [2019]), Parfit (2012), and S. Shoemaker (1999, 2011, 2016), among others.