Why did the Gigantopithecus go extinct?
2 min readJan 23, 2024
We may now understand why orangutans survived and are still with us while Gigantopithecus Blacki went extinct.
They may have weighed 200–300 kg/440–660 lbs. and reached a height of 3 meters/10 feet, making them the largest primates to have ever lived. We don’t know much about them other than the fact that they are related to the above-mentioned orangutans. All we discovered was their mandibles…
