Giant 10-Foot-Tall Apes Once Roamed China Until Their Mysterious Demise
Standing over 3 meters ( nearly 10 feet ) tall , Gigantopithecus blackiwas the largest metal money of primate to ever walk the Earth ( at least that we know of ) . This elusive wolf stamp around modern - day China until it fell into extinction between 295,000 and 215,000 years ago under mysterious context . In a new study , scientists look into why the jumbo copycat meet an unseasonable demise , conclude that the species struggled to adjust to a rapidly changing surroundings ....