Throughout history an average wild animal has had the ability to kill an average human being so how did we as a species not only survive but ended up on the top of the food chain?

Question

Throughout history an average wild animal has had the ability to kill an average human being so how did we as a species not only survive but ended up on the top of the food chain?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Survival is not a one v one bracket tournament. We survive because we are extremely social animals. So much so that we don’t survive alone. In fact, put us truly alone (like a deserted island) vs the elements and we are more likely to die than survive and will almost never thrive.

So, predators would be hard pressed to ever find us alone. We are basically the pinnacle of endurance travel on the planet. After discovering cooking we were able to get a calorie source that could sustain larger brain function and then could coordinate our way to dominance. And that is where we are.