← Back to context Comment by MagicMoonlight 8 hours ago You really think we would have let a competing species exist? 5 comments MagicMoonlight Reply Cthulhu_ 2 hours ago Depends on whether they were considered competing, and whether "we" were as organized, single-minded and competitive as this statement seems to imply - "we" probably weren't, not until larger kingdoms and empires started forming ~4000 years ago. peacebeard 7 hours ago Lions, bears, wolves, etc all survived us prmoustache 2 hours ago Barely and only because some of use decided to protect them. bschwarz 5 hours ago Bears and wolves were indeed "removed" from parts of Europe by humans. SideburnsOfDoom 5 hours ago There is a long list of Megafauna that did not.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Pleistocene_extinctions
Cthulhu_ 2 hours ago Depends on whether they were considered competing, and whether "we" were as organized, single-minded and competitive as this statement seems to imply - "we" probably weren't, not until larger kingdoms and empires started forming ~4000 years ago.
peacebeard 7 hours ago Lions, bears, wolves, etc all survived us prmoustache 2 hours ago Barely and only because some of use decided to protect them. bschwarz 5 hours ago Bears and wolves were indeed "removed" from parts of Europe by humans. SideburnsOfDoom 5 hours ago There is a long list of Megafauna that did not.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Pleistocene_extinctions
SideburnsOfDoom 5 hours ago There is a long list of Megafauna that did not.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Pleistocene_extinctions
Depends on whether they were considered competing, and whether "we" were as organized, single-minded and competitive as this statement seems to imply - "we" probably weren't, not until larger kingdoms and empires started forming ~4000 years ago.
Lions, bears, wolves, etc all survived us
Barely and only because some of use decided to protect them.
Bears and wolves were indeed "removed" from parts of Europe by humans.
There is a long list of Megafauna that did not.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Pleistocene_extinctions