What Happened to the World's Greatest Ape?
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Probably twice the size of a modern gorilla, Gigantopithecus is the greatest great-ape that ever was. And for us fellow primates, there are some lessons to be learned in how it lived, and why it disappeared.
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Thanks to Julio Lacerda at 252MYA.com and Carlos Eulefi for both of their wonderful reconstructions of Gigantopithecus.
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I wish I could go back in time and see what the spot where I'm standing looked like millions or billions of years ago
Rejeck Humanity, Become Monke
I love the silly idea that Bigfoot is actually Gigantopithecus.
I think it’s a aranatang
Humans are the greatest apes
It went extinct because it was eating C4, obviously.
THE GREAT MONKE
"What does a 500-pound ape eat?" The obvious answer is "Anything it wants to."
nothing happened. we're still here
A real life Kong
this fact that humans are so smart that we have gotten to the point of being able to know what lived before us is mind boggling
That dude had been constantly chasing me in temple run !
“What happened to the words greatest ape” he’s fighting Godzilla in March he’s got training to do kongs a busy guy
I just learned about them and I already miss them.
I love the illustration of the Gigantopithecus chasing the tiger into the river like it was a tabby cat.
"we have only found teeth and jaws"
So.. "Planting C4", and "C4 Plants" are two completely different things..
I can't believe Le Monke is extinct...💔
“We need Kong. The world needs him.”
Imagine wandering in the forests of Asia and hearing a booming “uh oh, stinky” coming somewhere in the forest.