How elephants experience time, and what this tells us about protecting them
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Tuesday, 10 March 2026·Source: Mongabay·US·nonprofit
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What happened: Khatijah Rahmat, a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Germany, says she’s trying to build legitimacy around the concept... Doing so could have implications for conservation and beyond.
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Khatijah Rahmat, a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Germany, says she’s trying to build legitimacy around the concept of animal temporality — the ability to experience time — specifically in elephants. Doing so could have implications for conservation
Khatijah Rahmat, a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Germany, says she’s trying to build legitimacy around the concept... Doing so could have implications for conservation and beyond.