Gigantopithecus (/ dʒaɪˌɡæntoʊpɪˈθikəs, ˈpɪθɪkəs, dʒɪ -/ jy-gan-toh-pih-THEE-kəs, -⁠PITH-ih-kəs, jih-[2]) [a] is an extinct genus of ape that lived in southern China from 2 million to approximately 300,000-200,000 years ago during the Early to Middle Pleistocene, represented by one species, Gigantopithecus blacki. [3]

The species Gigantopithecus blacki, which once lived in southern China, represents the largest great ape known to scientists — standing 10 feet tall (3 meters) and weighing up to 650 pounds (295 kilograms). But its size may also have been a weakness.

Jan 1, 2024 · In late December 2023, a photograph went viral on social media, allegedly depicting Gigantopithecus, "an extinct genus of ape that existed from two million years to as recently as 100,000 years...

Jan 10, 2024 · A study published in the journal Nature has revealed how the extinct ape, known as Gigantopithecus blacki, disappeared due to its inability to adapt to a changing environment.

This enormous ape lived in the regions of modern-day China, India, and Vietnam, probably between 9 million and 100 thousand years ago. Gigantopithecus coexisted with other hominids, but what distinguished it from them was its gigantic size.

Jan 10, 2024 · It might have stood 3 metres tall and weighed a quarter of a tonne, but the world's biggest primate went extinct because it could not adapt to changes to its environment. For two million years, Gigantopithecus blacki, a distant cousin of orangutans, roamed the forests of what is now southern China.

Jan 10, 2024 · Gigantopithecus blacki, the largest ape known on Earth (shown in this artist’s rendition), died out between 295,000 and 215,000 years ago, researchers say. The world’s largest ape vanished from...

Jan 12, 2024 · Don’t worry about running into this colossus of an ape when you’re out and about; G. blacki went extinct long ago, but for years, researchers couldn’t decipher exactly when and why it disappeared. The only concrete traces it has left …

The largest ape ever to roam planet Earth didn't stand the test of time, dying out when its smaller peers adapted to environmental change, new research suggests. Standing around three meters tall, the primate Gigantopithecus blacki could have …

Jan 10, 2024 · The largest ape on record stood nearly 10 feet tall. New research on cave fossils in southern China has shed light on the mysterious demise of Gigantopithecus.