Gigantopithecus - Wikipedia
Gigantopithecus has traditionally been restored as a massive, gorilla -like ape, potentially 200–300 kg (440–660 pounds) when alive, but the few remains make total size estimates highly speculative. The …
Gigantopithecus | Size, Fossils, & Facts | Britannica
Gigantopithecus, genus of large extinct apes represented by a single species, Gigantopithecus blacki, which lived during the Pleistocene Epoch (2.6 million to 11,700 years ago).
Gigantopithecus - Size, Diet, Fossils & Facts with Pictures
Sep 11, 2025 · Around eight hundred thousand years ago Homo erectus arrived in south East Asia, but Gigantopithecus does not disappear from fossil deposits until three hundred thousand years ago, …
Gigantopithecus Facts, Habitat, Diet, Fossils, Pictures
Mar 26, 2022 · The Gigantopithecus is a genus of extinct apes and is the largest of all the primates (including all species of monkeys, gorillas, chimpanzees, orang-utans, and apes) that ever walked …
The demise of the giant ape Gigantopithecus blacki | Nature
Jan 10, 2024 · The largest ever primate and one of the largest of the southeast Asian megafauna, Gigantopithecus blacki 1, persisted in China from about 2.0 million years until the late middle …
The Largest Ape That Ever Lived Was Doomed By Its Size
Gigantopithecus, a fruit-eater, failed to adapt to the grass, roots, and leaves that became the dominant food sources in its new environment. Had it been less gigantic, it might have endured...
What Caused the Mysterious Extinction of 'Giganto,' the World's …
Jan 11, 2024 · Standing nearly ten feet tall and weighing up to 660 pounds, the largest great apes to ever live—called Gigantopithecus blacki —roamed modern-day China for nearly two million years.
Earth's largest ape dominated for 2 million years, then vanished ...
1 day ago · Researchers are looking for answers behind the mystery of Gigantopithecus blacki, the largest known primate that ever lived.
Gigantopithecus Was the Largest Ape to Exist - Discover Magazine
Learn more about the largest ape on Earth, Gigantopithecus, and why researchers are struggling to find evidence of the creature.
Gigantopithecus Animal Facts - G. blacki - A-Z Animals
May 27, 2024 · Gigantopithecus blacki is thought to be the largest ape ever to have existed. This massive hominid existed in southern China during the first half of the Pleistocene Epoch.