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.
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)
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.
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)