Gigantopithecus blacki stood nearly 3 meters tall and weighed up to 300 kilograms. Fossil evidence from southern China ...

A molar tooth of the giant ape Gigantopithecus blacki found in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua] An international team of scientists from China, Australia and the United States has ...

Our beloved planet has seen giants that dwarf most animals alive today. These massive creatures lived across different time periods and belonged to all kinds of environments, including deep oceans and ...

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Where did our species first emerge? Fossils discovered in Morocco dating back more than 773,000 years bolster the theory that Homo sapiens originally appeared in Africa, scientists said in a study ...

Fossils unearthed in Morocco from a little-understood period of human evolution may help scientists resolve a long-standing mystery: Who came before us? Three jawbones, including one from a child, ...

‘Tis the season for bones and fossils. Indeed, as Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow felt that was the perfect theme for his offensive line this holiday season. The official Bengals TikTok made ...

In the world of prehistoric creatures, few have captured the imagination as much as Gigantopithecus blacki. Known as the largest primate ever to have walked the Earth, this giant ape ruled southern ...

Stories of ancient giants in North America have circulated for centuries. Some early settlers believed they’d found proof in oversized bones. In reality, many of these remains belonged to extinct ...

The brilliant iridescent hues found in ammolite come from tiny air gaps in the fossils’ layers, a new study finds. By Alexa Robles-Gil Millions of years ago, squid-like creatures called ammonites swam ...

From legends of Bigfoot to films like Mighty Joe Young, humans seem to have a fascination with giant ape-like creatures. This leads to the question of whether stories about giant apes have a basis in ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Are you curious as to how you'd get Pokemon from fossils and amber in Pokemon Legends: Z-A? While you can catch over 200 creatures in the game, a ...