While “supers” have only recently begun to enter the social consciousness, there have always been those who have abilities outside the bounds of human possibility. These are known, by those in the know (and by many a conspiracy theorist) as “meta-humans.”
Many meta-human researchers point to many figures of myth as likely being meta-humans, or at least based on tales of super-powered humans from ancient time periods.
Some commonly held examples include:
There are many historical figures who meta-human researchers theorize were meta-humans.