New Scientist

Huge mysterious ape Gigantopithecus was a distant cousin of orangutans

STANDING at least 2.5 metres tall, Gigantopithecus lived in the forests of South-East Asia between 2 million and 300,000 years ago. It was larger than any living great ape, but all we have found of it ...
The New York Times

The Biggest Ape That Ever Lived Was Not Too Big to Fail

Fossil teeth reveal Gigantopithecus was doomed by a changing environment and an inflexible diet. By Jack Tamisiea See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra cobertura en ...
Science Daily

Extinct giant ape directly linked to the living orangutan

Researchers have succeeded in reconstructing the evolutionary relationship between a two million year old giant primate and the living orangutan. It is the first time genetic material this old has ...
CNN

A King Kong-like ape once roamed southern China. Scientists say they now know why and when it disappeared

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The largest ape on ...
EurekAlert!

Oldest molecular information to date illuminates the history of extinct Gigantopithecus

Researchers from the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE) and the Globe Institute at the University of Copenhagen have retrieved the oldest molecular evidence on the evolution of hominids. In the ...