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A giant ape known as Gigantopithecus blacki survived for two million years in the dense forests of China, munching on fruits and leaves. A group of Gigantopithecus blacki, the largest primate to ever ...

This illustration provided by researchers depicts Gigantopithecus blacki in a forest in the Guangxi region of southern China. Garcia/Joannes-Boyau AP Standing at 9 feet tall and weighing up to 660 ...

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Reconstruction of a "Gigantopithecus blacki", at the San Diego Museum of Man (California) in 2003. ALAMY STOCK PHOTO / HEMIS.FR It has to be said that three mysteries have long surrounded the two ...

The largest primate ever to walk the Earth went extinct because it could not adapt to its changing environment, with the mighty beast reduced to living off bark and twigs before dying off, scientists ...

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