Paleontologists Might Finally Know Why the Biggest Ape to Ever Live Went Extinct
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  • 4 months ago
We might fancy ourselves the smartest apes to ever live, but we are certainly not the largest. That honorific goes to the Gigantopithecus blacki, a creature that likely stood nearly 10-feet-tall and weighed upwards of 660 pounds.
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