Or closely related homonids?

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        3 months ago

        Sorry. I wondered out loud. However I do know some things: alligators were predators of our ancestors millions of years ago. I wonder if that remained so up until recently.

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          3 months ago

          The current largest predators are a mix of saltwater crocodiles and nile crocodiles. And they have existed for a long time, so they certainly were in the past too.

          (obviously the biggest human killer is mosquito but that is through disease and not a direct result of predtion)