Precocial - Wikipedia
Cool. Scientific example for ya:
Precocial animals are independent upon birth. These would be horses, some birds and dolphins.
How can these animals be born "knowing" how to walk, fly or swim without being taught first?
The brain has never learned it. It's living in an environment it's never seen before.
The animal is born basically "knowing" without its brain telling it.
Once the animal dies, it's (immaterial) soul COULD live independent of its brain and function in the earth without its body. In other words, be a ghost.
Precocial animals are everywhere. The ghost part is something I believe is entirely possible.