Gigantopithecus - Wikipedia
Gigantopithecus (/ dʒaɪˌɡæntoʊpɪˈθikəs, ˈpɪθɪkəs, dʒɪ -/ jy-gan-toh-pi-thee-kuhs, pith-i-kuhs, ji-; [2] lit. 'giant ape') is an extinct genus of ape that lived in southern China from 2 million to approximately 300,000 to 200,000 years ago during the Early to Middle Pleistocene, represented by one species, Gigantopithecus blacki. [3] .
Gigantopithecus | Size, Fossils, & Facts | Britannica
2024年11月21日 · Gigantopithecus, (Gigantopithecus blacki), 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) in southern China.
Did Bigfoot Really Exist? How Gigantopithecus Became Extinct
2012年1月9日 · Based on these fossils, it appears Gigantopithecus was closely related to modern orangutans and Sivapithecus, an ape that lived in Asia about 12 to 8 million years ago. With only dentition to...
Giant ape’s extinction solved by new fossil analysis | CNN
2024年1月10日 · 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.
Gigantopithecus Facts, Habitat, Diet, Fossils, Pictures
2022年3月26日 · 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 earth.
We may finally know why the world’s largest primate went ...
2024年1月10日 · Three meters tall and weighing 250 kilograms, Gigantopithecus blacki was the biggest primate that ever lived when it roamed the forests of what is now southern China from at least 2.3 million years ago. Fossils suggest G. blacki once had a large and stable population.
Gigantopithecus - Size, Diet, Fossils & Facts with Pictures
2024年12月8日 · When describing it as a new genus the choice of name was obvious and so von Koenigswald created Gigantopithecus with literally translates as ‘giant ape’. Since this first discovery over one thousand three hundred teeth have been tracked down, many of them from the Traditional Chinese medicine market. .