Largest Ape

Secrets of the largest ape that ever lived

"Gigantopithecus blacki was thought to stand nearly three metres tall and tip the scales at 600kg."

"In an astonishing advance, scientists have obtained molecular evidence from a two-million-year-old fossil molar tooth found in a Chinese cave."

"The mystery ape is a distant relative of orangutans, sharing a common ancestor around 12 million years ago."

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