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AI Summary
- Modern humans were not always apex predators; early humans faced fear and violence as prey to stronger, faster, more combat-intelligent creatures in prehistoric times
- Neanderthals and similar monsters were so vicious they embedded generational trauma into human DNA over hundreds of thousands of years of evolution
- The story of how modern humans conquered these fearsome monsters and won dominance over the world represents a miraculous triumph of adaptation and intelligence
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