As far as we know, the largest ape that ever lived on Earth was 3 meters long and weighed more than 200 kilos. It appeared in present-day China about 2 million years ago, but mysteriously disappeared again just under 300,000 years ago. An international team of researchers has now found some answers to the question why for the first time. “Meanwhile, he kept getting bigger.”
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Extinct giant ape that inspired Disney is finally less mysterious: “This is how the colossus lost the battle”
