This is a plot point in one of my favorite sci-fi series: Schlock Mercenary. Elephants are one of the races that have been "uplifted" to sophistry. Some (Neoph

This is a plot point in one of my favorite sci-fi series: Schlock Mercenary. Elephants are one of the races that have been "uplifted" to sophistry. Some (Neophants) have been engineered further and now have hands. Check out the notes below the following two comics for some of the musings that make these stories so compelling to me: https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2009-06-16 https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2009-06-16 https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2014-05-07 https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2014-05-07