5 Extinct Predators That Probably Hunted Humans And Our Ancestors

Over the years that humans and our ancestors have walked this earth, we have been very good at completely eradicating potential threats and competition.
This is part of the reason why many of the animals that once preyed on humans are no longer with us, but of course there are usually many other factors that contribute to recent animal extinctions.
In todays video we will be travelling back in time to look at some of the meanest predators that we once shared the planet with, and I'll be trying to figure out if they hunted us or our ancestors.
Now because there were no records or reliable evidence that we can use to decipher if these animals predated on man, we will never know for certain, but we can use the limited evidence that we have today to try and make an educated guess.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:48 Tanzanian Croc
2:58 Smilodon
5:51 Giant Short-Faced Bear
8:28 Megalania
10:47 Giant Short-Faced Hyena

Attributions:
Short-faced bear images:
Dantheman9758
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Dennis Jarvis
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Smilodon images:
James St. John
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Internet Archive Book Images
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Dantheman9758
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Jaaproosart
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DataBase Center for Life Science (DBCLS)
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Wilfredor
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James St. John
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Julio Lacerda
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilodo...
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Aaron Vowels
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Extinct hyena images:
Muséum de Toulouse
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Megalania images:
Cas Liber
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalan...
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Petr Menshikov
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CC BY-SA 4.0

Crocodylus anthropophagus images:
Brochu CA, Njau J, Blumenschine RJ, Densmore LD
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:...
CC BY 2.5

Homo erectus images:
Eduard Pop et al
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_er...
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Neanderthal Museum
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Emma Groeneveld
https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17...
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Nile crocodile images:
Bernard DUPONT
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Spectacled bear images:
Tambako The Jaguar
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CC BY-ND 2.0
Anil Öztas
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CC BY-NC 4.0

Short faced hyena images:
Musée Crozatier
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachycr...
CC BY-SA 4.0
Nobu Tamura
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachycr...
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I have edited and adapted some of these clips and images.
Creative commons licences: https://creativecommons.org/share-you...

Thanks for watching I hope you enjoyed :)

Sources:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocody...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilodon
https://www.livescience.com/10416-sab...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-en...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctoth...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremarc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalania
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachycr...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_...