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Probably twice the size of a modern gorilla, Gigantopithecus is the greatest great-ape that ever was. And for us fellow primates, there are some lessons to be learned in how it lived, and why it disappeared.
Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios: http://youtube.com/pbsdigitalstudios
Thanks to Julio Lacerda at 252MYA.com and Carlos Eulefi for both of their wonderful reconstructions of Gigantopithecus.
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618215011854?via%3Dihub
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He went on to a spectacular career with RKO pictures.
makes sense .....the Chinese and Asian cultures decimate so many species of animals !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Humans are the worse thing to hit this planet
"What happened to the worlds best ape"
It's now causing climate change
It looks like the beast titan from attack on titans.
I think thats just a huge Orangutan
That looks like something I have seen cause is basically an orangutan
Damnn i never knew asia got hyena
I am Borneoan native and now im scared
Do some on Mosasaurs or giant crocodiles like Purrusaurus.
It's probably yeti. Bigfoot's Asian cousin
Not gigantophithecus related, delete if not allowed: your eyebrows look like tadpoles
Time Machine: You have Arrived (Computer generated voice)
Partner: Do you see anything
Me: yes
Partner: What is it?
Me: it's time to leave now
Partner: Why?
Me: Remember king Kong?
Human migration
What does a 500kg primate eat? Whatever it wants.
Bigfoot
3:50
Soooo the plants that grew in dryer and hotter condition can explode ??
What if, the tribe of people on North Sentinel actually worship a Gigantopithecus, and resist contact with the outside world
to protect their KING KONG!
fun sized version ofc!
Mm I think u just sloved the big foot mystery
It was put into the horrible Jungle Book remake and died from embarrassment