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 ...

Fossil teeth reveal Gigantopithecus was doomed by a changing environment and an inflexible diet. By Jack Tamisiea Standing nearly as tall as a basketball hoop and weighing as much as a grizzly bear, ...

Chinese, Australian and US researchers have revealed more about the extinction of the Gigantopithecus blacki great ape in their latest joint study, which was published in Nature on Thursday. The study ...

A study in China found that Gigantopithecus, a giant primate that went extinct 215,000 to 295,000 years ago, failed to adapt to environmental changes caused by climate change, resulting in its ...

The largest ape to roam Earth died out 100,000 years ago because it failed to tuck into savannah grass after climate change affected its preferred diet of forest fruit, scientists suggest. The largest ...