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 …
Gigantopithecus Was the Largest Ape to Exist — Why Did it ...
Aug 30, 2025 · Learn more about the largest ape on Earth, Gigantopithecus, and why researchers are struggling to find evidence of the creature.
We may finally know why the world’s largest primate went ...
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. …
What Caused the Mysterious Extinction of 'Giganto,' the World ...
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.