KaylinQThis month, Origin Stories podcast explores the mysterious tale of the largest #primate that ever lived. #Gigantopithecus blacki is an extinct relative of #orangutans that lived in #SoutheastAsia and stood around 10 feet tall.
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A Giganto Mystery
A scale diagram showing an attempted approximation of a maximally large Gigantopithecus blacki based on known fossil elements, shown rearing on two feet for a better comparison with a 180 cm tall human male. The postcranial anatomy of G. blacki is based on Pongo but altered to fit a more massive