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What hyena species would have preyed on early hominids?

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    9 years ago
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    Among hyenas, only the spotted and striped hyena have been known to become man-eaters. Hyenas are known to have preyed on humans in prehistory: Human hair has been found in fossilised hyena dung dating back 195,000 to 257,000 years. Some paleontologists believe that competition and predation by cave hyenas in Siberia was a significant factor in delaying human colonization of Alaska.

    Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyena
  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    any and all

    there is some suggestion that the only reason humans survived was that the cat family though primates tasted like ****

    but actually primates made a nice snack for all the big cats

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