The largest known primate went extinct between 295,000 and 215,000 years ago, probably driven by its inability to adapt its food preferences amid a changing climate. A relative of today’s ...

The Gigantopithecus blacki is more closely related to orangutans than humans. At nearly 10 feet tall, weighing more than 94 stones, it was truly king of the swingers. But humans cannot claim a ...

Gigantopithecus blacki was thought to stand ... The mystery ape is a distant relative of orangutans, sharing a common ancestor around 12 million years ago. "It would have been a distant cousin ...