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 ...

The largest ape on record stood almost 10 feet tall (3 meters) and weighed nearly twice as much as a gorilla. Why and when the legendary colossus — which has captivated the popular imagination as “the ...

Researchers working in southern China combined six different dating techniques on cave sediments and fossils from 22 sites in Guangxi Province. They show that Gigantopithecus disappeared between about ...

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