Gigantopithecus blacki was the largest ape known to science. Why did it disappear while the broader orangutan lineage persisted?
Investigate the fossil teeth and jaws behind this ancient mystery. Explore evidence for evolutionary relationships, changing forests, increasing seasonality, diet, and biological stress. Discover why a forest can remain green while becoming less suitable for a particular animal—and why being enormous offers no guarantee of survival. The documentary distinguishes leading research from uncertain details of the giant ape's size, appearance, and behavior.
Gigantopithecus is not known from a complete skeleton. Visual reconstructions are interpretive, and human hunting is not established as the cause of its extinction.
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