Photo: Garcia/Joannes-Boyau (Southern Cross University)
Researchers believe that they have determined why an ancient species of giant ape, known as Gigantopithecus blacki, wound up going extinct long ago. Believed to have been a staggering nine feet tall and weighing a whopping 450 to 650 pounds, the monstrous primates reportedly made their home in southern China millions of years ago until they ultimately died out and left behind a mystery for modern scientists who have struggled to explain their demise. However, an exhaustive new study aimed at answering that question has seemingly revealed what led to the enormous ape vanishing from the planet.
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