How would societal development be impacted if humans were not an apex predator?
We are used to a world where humans are basically an apex predator; we don't really need to worry much about becoming some other animal's next meal.
If that wasn't the case, and humans had to be wary of the possibility of a predator either lurking nearby or openly hunting them, how would that affect the human society of that world compared to what we are used to?
For the purposes of this question: (1) I am mainly interested in the resultant changes on the structure of the human society (although answers addressing other aspects, including (2), as well are perfectly fine), and (2) please simply accept that the situation exists. It is a fairly safe bet that the humans in such a situation, in addition to handling the fact that the threat exists, would also want to remove that threat from their lives. As interesting a question as the latter is, it is not really the topic of this question; I'm more interested in the handling of the threat than how the threat could be eliminated.
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