The massive, extinct primate was twice as tall as an adult human. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The mythical and elusive ...

Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of why the largest ape ever to walk Earth went extinct, with new evidence suggesting the giant ape struggled to adapt to climate change. In a new study ...

The world’s largest ape vanished from Earth more than 100,000 years earlier than once thought, pushed to extinction as the environment around it shifted, researchers report January 10 in Nature. The ...

A giant species of ape that lived up until 100,000 years ago went extinct because it could not adapt to dietary and habitat changes, scientists have suggested. Gigantopithecus were the largest-known ...

A depiction of Gigantopithecus blacki, the largest ape to ever walk the Earth. The biggest primate that ever walked the Earth may have died out because of its giant size and limited diet, new research ...

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 ...