Gigantopithecus is a genus of apes that inhabited Asia until it went extinct 300,000 years ago. Knowledge about it comes from jaw fragments, with estimates of its height ranging from 9ft to 12ft.

The largest ape that ever roamed the planet that we know of so far, Gigantopithecus Blacki, an enigmatic species that came to a brutal demise after the climate changed its habitat and they were no ...