Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The largest primate ever to walk the Earth went extinct because it could not adapt to its changing environment, with the mighty ...

Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of why the largest ape ever to walk Earth went extinct, with new evidence suggesting the giant ape struggled to adapt to climate change. In a new study ...

Gigantopithecus blacki was a giant ape in southern China that may have reached about 3 meters tall and 200–300 kg. New ...

This illustration provided by researchers depicts Gigantopithecus blacki in a forest in the Guangxi region of southern China. Garcia/Joannes-Boyau AP Standing at 9 feet tall and weighing up to 660 ...

NEW YORK — The largest primate ever to walk the Earth went extinct because it could not adapt to its changing environment, with the mighty beast reduced to living off bark and twigs before dying off, ...