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

The average wild animal definitely can’t kill a human. Some large predators can, but humans are social animals so its not going to be 1v1 most of the times anyways. Regardless, just because some humans were killed by predators doesn’t mean the species would cease to exist any more than the thousands if other prey species thst are thriving in the wild.