Humans have long been captivated by gigantic creatures at the center of myths and legends. That phenomena surfaced on social media recently, when a photograph circulated allegedly depicting ...

Gigantopithecus blacki stood nearly 3 meters tall and lived in Asia for 2 million years before mysteriously disappearing. Recent evidence from tooth enamel and cave sediments suggests changing forests ...

Gigantopithecus blacki towered over early humans, standing nearly 3 meters tall and weighing up to 600 pounds. Fossils from ...

An artist's impression of a group of G. blacki within a forest in southern China. By doing detailed analysis on thousands of their teeth, researchers were able to learn that they likely went extinct ...