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Missing banana for scale.
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The largest ape that ever walked the Earth, Gigantopithecus blacki, lived in what is now China and went extinct between 295,000โ215,000 years ago.
๐ Height: ~3 meters (9.8 ft)
โ๏ธ Weight: 200โ300 kg (441โ661 lbs)
๐ธ Image: Paleo-anthro sculptor Bill Munns with his Giganto reconstruction in his Los Angeles backyard.
Is there any evidence it stood on two feet? Figured it would look more like a gorilla then this.