Seibert is portraying the evolution of the relationship between humans and elephants in the perspective of elephants. At first elephants and humans stood across an "uncharted frontier" when it came to the understanding each others' mental characteristics. OED defines "frontier" as the border of two countries. As the lives of humans and elephants intertwines the boundary abates. The occurrence of homicidal events resulted in imparities in the "intricate web of familial and societal relations" of elephants. As a service, humans replaced these gaps. However, in the viewpoint of elephants humans are have become a "sub-species", a step-realtive. A position for humans has developed in the social structure of elephants.
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