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

Another addition, we can out-walk pretty much anything on land

If a human is tracking and following an animal, it will eventually collapse exhausted

(Except dogs in the arctic, those can outrun us)