The Most Dangerous Animal

            We aren't the strongest or the fastest creatures out there, yet we dominate the world. We use intelligence and advanced communication to be top of the food chain.  WE ARE HUMANS!

            Tens of thousands of years ago, our ancestors (Homo Sapiens) first began to roam the planet. Located around the East Africa/Middle East region of the world, humans hunted and scavenged, living in groups while raising kids and having a wail of a time doing pre-historical activities. Hunting was done through patience, either by getting the whole clan and slowly killing a large prey, or out-running a prey in a long distance game of cat and mouse. Humans don’t have the physical capabilities that most animals have.  We can’t jump as high and we don’t have anything special when it comes to strength.  And we definitely can’t run as fast. Human bodies are not built too kill a tiger with our bare hands or out sprint a cheetah.  Humans bodies are built to run long distances, we run on two legs that are complicated springs consisting of muscle and tendons.  No other animal has this skill set.  Being able to run long distances gives humans a huge advantage. If our ancestors wanted food, they would chase an animal for miles and miles until the prey becomes too tired to continue, leaving our ancestors a free meal.

            Humans can also adapt and learn any set of situations. We live all over the world, adapting to the cold, hot, dry and extremely wet. Humans are the only creatures that have been able to spread across the world, adapting extremely quickly to the environments around us. Using our higher intelligence and adaptation abilities and inventions such as clothing, shelters, and air conditioning can help us live with comfort in these harsh environments. 

            Adapting to not only an environment around us, but also using problem solving abilities too stay alive is what makes humans so deadly. The Fight or Flight response in our brains gives us honed decision making skills in times of stress. Weapons and other hunting techniques make it possible for humans to kill any beast, large or small. The spear for example is an example of the ingenuity to solve the problem of hunting prey. Spears and other weapons allowed humans to make any animal prey. As weapons continued to advance, some of the most physically talented animals could die in seconds at the hands of a human and his ingenuity.  

            Lastly, and most importantly, humans communicate and interact like no other species does. Teamwork wins fights, and our highly advanced communication through language and signals allows us survive much easier. Working together to adapt to an environment, hunting, or scavenging helps us as humans become stronger and dominate the animal kingdom.  Communication today along with our advanced minds and capabilities has made us dominate the world with cities of millions of people. You can’t go anywhere in the world without finding humans. We eat anything and kill anything that gets in our way of living, making us top of the food chain and the most dangerous animals on the planet.