Gigantopithecus: The Largest Ape that Ever Existed | Prehistoric Humans Documentary

[@posticusmaximus1739]

Sometimes I wonder if a there's a genetically past on "collective memory". So many cultures have stories of the Bigfoot/sasquatch (N. America), Yeti (Asia), Yowie (Australia). If it was 400,000 years ago and your Neanderthal hunting partner told you about bigfoot, it wouldn't be so farfetched. It's interesting such stories are so prolific in these areas because Giganto didn't live in N. America or Australia but the humans that migrated there from Asia would passed through Giganto's range. At the campfires, stories were told about these "apemen" that their very distant ancestors actually encountered, seared into their memory. How could you forget such a creature?

[@harrietharlow9929]

That would be quite unforgettable. It's possible that these stories are an echo of memories seared into our subconscious.

[@ToothnClaw]

It’s not far fetched

[@SilverGirl-925]

Interesting thought.

[@idoine300]

En France aussi, nous avons un eu un Yeti: Dominique Strauss-khan

[@barboramackova8751]

Pp0

[@Lethgar_Smith]

Bigfoot, Yeti, Sasquatch, Yowie, Menk, Yeren, Mapinguari, Mande Burung, etc., etc., etc., The giant hairy primate exist on every continent.

[@AranRinzei]

Yes but these ancient human like people are not some lost ape related to Gigantopithecus.

[@Lethgar_Smith]

They are in fact the natural evolution of the hominids that lived here before aliens arrived and altered their DNA creating a slave labor force of "humans". After their work here was done and they no-longer needed us there was debate as to whether or not we should be destroyed. It was decided that we should be allowed to live and develop further on our own, without the aliens present because they were already causing a contamination. The humans had created religion and had begum worshiping them. All the more reason to leave and let them evolve further on their own. There is a reason no other animal on Earth has evolved the way we have. Because our evolution to our current form with conscious self-awareness is not a natural occurrence at the rate we experienced it. There is no "natural selection" that can logically explain our current evolutionary form or the speed at which we achieved it. Without the aliens we would all be Sasquatch still living in the forests. That is where natural selection and evolution would have brought us thus far. Not this human city-scape we all live in today. That we can thank the aliens for. They are helping us to achieve the next phase in our development, interstellar travel. But, in order to do that we have to be prepared to meet them face to face. We are not quite, yet ready, but almost. In a few more years, once enough people can accept the concept of beings greater then themselves and not want to worship them as gods is when we'll be ready. So get prepared!! They are coming! 😄😆

[@gwenlillianlondon3772]

I'm confused - why does it say "early humans" on your advert? Humans are a different branch, just like Orangutans, Chimps etc are.

[@RobertGotschall]

This would make a great action adventure novel. Humans, meeting really different humans and giant animals, most people never hear of.

[@cbrippee]

I am a person who has seen a Sasquatch in Roscommon County, MI around opening day of deer season 1976, and has had multiple encounters with them in Michigan and Ohio. The one hominid type primate that makes the most sense for me is they are a direct ancestor of a specie that never went extinct, or relative of Gigantopithicus, as they are in the same height range and were forest dwellers. They just as easy could have migrated to North American and Australia during the last ice age as have humans.

[@HectorRamos-ni9qi]

I hear your hope that they still exist but nothing in this day and age goes unnoticed and verified by proof. The comparison though has validly based on your observation.

[@KenSpooky]

Zero chance you saw 1. Let alone several

[@joshnieboer3947]

Where at I'm in GR

[@cbrippee]

@@joshnieboer3947 Roscommon County sighting was an area my Grandfather first hunted in early 1920s and then with his sons. It is just a bit SW of Lake St. Helen area, where I was positioned is known as nine mile muskege area. Encounter in Michigan Sept. 1, 1996 about 3 am, staying at my best friends 10 acre wooded property in Mt. Haley Township of Midland County. The creature made a hideous scream, known as woman being killed scream, only ridiculously loud. It was probably out by his inground pool, very close. Even though heavily armed, no way were we going outside to face what could make that scream. Other events in Iosco County, MI, my sister and BIL Round/Indian Lake cabin 2 am in morning, I was on the porch. Huge scream 400 yards away, followed by very loud imitation owl noise 300 yards away, followed by loud imitation loon noise about 200 yards away. Then about 10 seconds later at what seemed to me to be a mile to the north in the Huron National Forest came the Ohio Howl, and then all made sense. Probably a scavaging party out and about looking for left over human food and such from July 4 time frame. Earlier in this year, 2011, early February, I also found a fresh trackway in 20 inches of snow at last house on Latham lane before the forested started. My Golden Retrievers went nuts and wanted to go back to sisters cabin as I investigated the trackway. They would not follow me, just continous barking. Also the neighbor at my sisters cabin, and friend of mine, saw a huge male Bigfoot walk down a trail towards him while bow hunting In Iosco County in year 2000. Just the sight of a creature that was this big and not suppose to exist scared him so bad, he gave up hunting. 11 years later his voice still cracked with scared emotion as he told his story to me.

[@FourLoco-ys6dn]

@cbrippee U must have smoke alot Crack or you're making up the whole sasquatch story

[@colinmccarthy7921]

I would say Bigfoot is this Giant Ape.

[@HectorRamos-ni9qi]

Excellent. Thank you for covering so much of the interactive ape and humanoids during the Pleistocene period for a million years. A drop in the 3 billion years of earthly life.

[@larrybedouin2921]

😂😂😂😂

[@ahmonguniform]

This ape is still legend story past down to today. In Laos there is this giant ape story

[@russhall856]

Amazing how much information a scientist can get from two molars.

[@scottmiller1297]

There is no way they know there color or weather they spent most of there time in trees or on land or anything but guesswork on there size based on teeth .ruff size maybe that othere shit is speculation.

[@valhallamma687]

​@@scottmiller1297-said the person who is not a scientist. "There color" -said the person wanting his scientific theory to seem logically valid.

[@johnmackay3136]

@valhallamma687 🤣🤣🤣

[@coledrevenj]

@@valhallamma687 Awwwh...truth hurts no matter how you spell it. There is scientific fact, and then there is the religion of science fanatics who believe anything the scientist 'god' tells them.

[@maazc081]

The same way we discovered that the tallest mammal ever in history, Paraceratherium, was a member of the rhino family by looking into its teeth structure and details

[@mypetgiraffe4236]

Wow. LOTS of assumptions about behaviors and what they looked like. I wonder, with each Sasquatch "sighting" if it IS Gigatopithicus.

[@nima9340]

So much hate. You know what I do when I find a video with a voice I don't like? I go find another video that better suits me. I love this channel and the narrator. I'm sure there's something out there for you to love aswell.

[@Chris-hx3om]

I've been listening very closely, and I think the voice-over is computer generated.

[@DS9TREK]

​@@Chris-hx3om I'm 100% certain of it

[@nima9340]

​@@Chris-hx3om And how is that relevant to what I said?

[@Chris-hx3om]

@@nima9340 You're talking about a narrator. There is no narrator, it's a computer.

[@lennarthagen3638]

@@nima9340 how is it NOT?

[@markthomas3730]

200 kg is only 440 lbs. Giganto males 3m tall would weigh 500 kg

[@terimorris6394]

Yes 200 is too little

[@elujinpk]

AI scripts do what they do. Lol.

[@Believer21777]

Pacific north west I keep an eye out for this things cousin.

[@worldsbuffestloremaster]

I'm confused by them saying it being 40% bigger than a male gorilla in one part, and then saying giganto weighed 200 kilos. Male gorillas can be 200 kilos. Granted that's a big gorilla, but it still happens.

[@somniumisdreaming]

Average

[@coledrevenj]

Haven't you ever heard heard anyone ask: What does an 800lb gorilla eat? Answer: anything he wants.

[@CZPanthyr]

I find myself really coming to enjoy your videos and the information you present. Thank you.

[@harrietharlow9929]

Very interesting. I really enjoyed this. I had heard of this primate but this gave me more information on the remarkable Gigantopithecus.

[@akramniazi247]

4:56 bro what the hell do you mean over just 200 kg most gorillas weight 200- 250 kg at a height of only over 6 feet. if we are talking about an ape thats 3 meters tall or 9.8 feet it should be around 550- 600 kg no way just over 200 kg

[@edwardingania1983]

pretty sure they used to give humans piggy back rides

[@allencolvin4320]

Sasquatch???

[@jaylu7021]

BigFoot's ancestors

[@inthepit1968]

200 kg seems light for a 9 foot tall ape . Rather thin compared to gorillas. Seeing as they weigh about 400 pounds or so on average.

[@jonhohensee3258]

The largest apes alive today? Ha! You should see my sister!

[@jessiepalermo7234]

Savage af 😂

[@verdi2310]

Building up to show a "colossal gigantopithecus." Proceeds to show some inoffensive female orangutan and her baby.

[@seheadhunter50]

You don't know what it looked like.

[@terrykitchen5214]

I like the chill feel and interesting info.

[@headfirst6227]

I must say the computer generated narrators have been getting better lately. They still have a weird “I can tell” thing going on though. This one is so smooth it’s like a bedtime story. As soon as I figure it out, I laugh and move on. Have a pleasant day.

[@Top5s]

Hi, this isn’t a computer this is Robert, one of our excellent narrators!

[@homefield81]

He just has a accent

[@Ohboymason]

Im the same way as soon as i notice its an ai narrator i leave the vid, if u cant have a real person narrating then i dont trust the quality of the rest of the content🤣 this guy isnt AI though

[@steve-oe7yx]

Neanderthals before humans Gigantopithicus before bigfoot

[@larrybedouin2921]

Neanderthals are humans.

[@adreabrooks11]

The earliest known neanderthals appeared 430,000 years ago; the earliest known archaic Homo sapiens appeared 315,000 years ago. For most of our existence, neanderthals and humans lived at the same time.

[@fasteddie9201]

Real voice please from a real person.

[@toneranger]

Sounds real to me, though not native English

[@greva2904]

@@toneranger The tone is too flat and soulless to be a real human

[@nhatvphan]

No, this is def an AI

[@GwilsonDrums]

Yes hello fellow humans, I too like to breathe with my lung and walk with my leg

[@Gesus_23]

I agree. Yanks aren’t real people 😂

[@airstar8799]

I want to challenge a Giganthopithecus to arm-wrestling showdown. I will bring it down to ITS kneeeeeesssss

[@David-kh5ew]

😅

[@JessieBastet]

The pictures and footage are beautiful and educational. 💕

[@BoopSnoot]

94% sure that "Blacki" is just Shaquille O'Neal in a fur jacket.

[@padraiggluck2980]

Sasquatch: “Hold my beer.”

[@HerdyDjamasKoe]

Kalau di Sumatera Hutan Tropis, kak... Senang nonton yang menambah ilmu pengetahuan.

[@pitbullmom3234]

I enjoyed it 🙏🥰🙏 Thank you for sharing🙏 I subscribe

[@stevensavage7442]

Bigfoot is one of these animals.

[@apparentbeing]

Modern humans are storytellers. They don't necessarily know the truth, but they have colorful stories to tell.

[@titolino73]

Somewhere under the earth a complete adult specimen should be found ....at least let's hope it!

[@LowerTheBoom]

This sunlight trickling through the forest canopy effect is called "komorebi."

[@JackClayton123]

I believe all scientist should keep an open mind (as many do), but with a good dose of skepticism. I would love if an archaic species of hominids existed into relatively recent times (close enough to e included into oral history), and may have been, but strong evidence is still required to substantiate same.

[@bicenulge765]

I don’t think they should make it look like an Orangutan. They would probably look much more like what people describe Sasquatch looking like.

[@mattball420]

They can tell from what theyve gathered that it would look this way, its not a random geuss

[@rewild6134]

Nope. It's falls within Ponginae, so would have looked more similar to an Orangutan than anything else. Particularly not made up animals.

[@stephaneldredvanhoek9634]

I once thought these might be bigfoots. Until I first smelled and then saw one. I.bumped a hill and it was a hermit in rags, huge dreads and feet wrapped with old tarp material

[@thomaslucignano5188]

Largest ape that ever lived? This narrator guy never met my cousin, Louie.

[@adreabrooks11]

He's the king of the swingers, oh; the jungle VIP.

[@K131399]

In college the girls called me Gigantodickecus is a claim I really really wish I could make........zzzzZING

[@chetcarman3530]

"Could have drank..." Credibility gone.

[@adreabrooks11]

Haha! And I thought I was picky about grammar...

[@gregderozier3846]

I use this to help me fall asleep. Try it…it really works!

[@jojosaves]

Smithsonian has a long history in America of collecting giant remains...then taking them for study, only to never show them again. Virtually every major newspaper publication has records of these discoveries during building projects, up until about 90 years ago.

[@HectorRamos-ni9qi]

Instead of a thumbs up I would think it worth discussing your comment with archival newspaper and other references. Let’s do it.

[@jojosaves]

@@HectorRamos-ni9qi Here's a good start. Lots of newspaper archival reports presented in second half.....kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYiVc6Gmf7VqeNEsi=fdO_kL5JS4_aT5iL

[@cpujol9420]

Yes, they take that stuff to the Smithsonian and they get lost and are never seen again. They have a bad habit of losing certain things over there!

[@K131399]

The only preditor that could go after this beast would have to be the size and ferocity, and jaws of a T-Rex. Modern day gorillas have so much strength it's almost unbelievable considering how fast and agile they are. These goliaths would have unimaginable strength and power, with the same lightning speed not that it would matter.

[@barryrudge1576]

Reminds me very much of the film Big foot and the Henderson's

[@AlphaToOmegaXG]

I clicked on the video to hear an informative documentary style video on Gygantopythigus not to get an artistic rendition/story telling.

[@charlesfenton2063]

Gigantopithicus, a huge extinct ape, can decend to drink. Pretty clever when you are extinct.

[@dianemartinis2801]

Big foot ancestors

[@indyreno2933]

Gigantopithecus representatives were native to mainland Asia, while living orangutans (genus Pongo) are not native to mainland Asia.

[@turdeyeblind]

Where is Pongo native too?

[@indyreno2933]

@Turd Eye Blind, orangutans (genus Pongo) used to live in mainland Asia, but they now currently live in the Greater Sunda Islands of Indonesia.

[@tubesurfing]

Its eyes were as big as baseballs

[@danielnewman3441]

In this corner at 8'5" 811 pounds, Gigantopithecus!

[@revolvermaster4939]

After 2 minutes of feeling like I was listening to a “children’s story” or meditation tape I couldn’t take anymore.

[@taylororourke2525]

@The Richest Man In Babylon That is the exact perfect solution to this guy’s problem. Kudos! 👏

[@OICUR12]

Thanks, bu bye

[@joshdeveaux6936]

@The Richest Man In Babylon you should know that it only makes sense for an educational video such as this to create there video with the average person in mind, the average person does not need to slow the video down

[@shaolin95]

I completely know what you mean. Seriously

[@jamestodd2323]

Evolution Soup does Giganto much better. An actual expert being interviewed, rather than nonstop screensavers.

[@reneemills-mistretta790]

Very informative primate information. The giant of primates.

[@billcarruth8122]

Over 200kg? Modern humans occasionally dwarf that.

[@nathanstrother7593]

Firstly more people need to know about Gigantopithecus heck I want to see movies and toys based off of this guy secondly if God wanted the Gigantopithecus extinct he wouldn't have created me

[@brianhay4024]

I tuned in for a science video on anthro paleontology but after the first couple of minutes it seemed more like meditation video. Get to the point please.

[@GayJayU26]

Given up after 30 seconds.

[@716Flat4]

our evolutionary history is among the most fascinating subjects a person can tackle. I often wonder if future zoos would have genetically re-engineered species from our ancestry in them. I can see us bringing back all kinds of animals such as Neanderthals or mammoths. More fascinating, is the possibility that we could someday drop a large item of engineered organic matter onto a planet like Mars which would work with its current atmosphere to make a more Earth-like one. ALL of that starts with understanding where we came from, learning as many "whats" and "whys" as we can until we finally come to understand more fully the biological sciences within evolutionary biology.

[@170ozzman]

their still here I feel that's our modern day Sasquatch that ppl se in our forest here in the U.S. and all over the world

[@fasteddie9201]

And our big boys Yowies in Australia. The little fellas we have up and down the east coast called Junjadee, 4 to 5 foot in height are often described as very similar in appearance and size to Homo Floresiensis who inhabited the Indonesian Island of Flores 50,000 years ago. Back then Australia New Guinea and parts of Indonesia were joined as the one continent Sahul, with Flores close enough to make only a short drift to Sahul possible for small populations to migrate by land through New Guinea down the then east coast of Australia. This is the same time period the first Australian Aboriginal peoples migrated south to Australia along the same route. I know a local family group near me very well and I haven't just caught a glimpse here and there, I've known and built in up enough trust with them to be accepted into 'their space' and see them as they are and who they are. Except for their monkey like face with a prominent muzzle their body arms hands legs and feet are human like and lean but covered in inch or so thickish but not bigfoot like dense long orange redish hair. Their behaviour and personalities are more human like but with an obvious intelligence for survival and knowledge of physics and nature far superior than ours. Probably why they are smart enough to stay living comfortably in their own little world very few people are invited into but so close to us we could hit them throwing a stone from your yard into the bush behind your back fence. They're too clever to want to live in our world.

[@jadneves]

Todos animais eram enormes mas a força da gravidade aumentou com o choque do cometa então além de muitos morrerem também não cresceriam tanto como antes pois sequer conseguiriam ficarem de pé.

[@maozilla9149]

nice video

[@richardjack4827]

I guess you might want to get good and comfortable for this one.

[@dylansearcy3966]

Some indigenous tribes and chimpanzees sometimes hunt monkeys. Do they wonder about the similarities they share?

[@johnrichardson7629]

Yeah, this sleepy delivery is pretty wretched

[@dylansearcy3966]

@@johnrichardson7629 how so

[@robertcoggeshall3071]

All this is speculation. No idea really how big it really was or it's habits.

[@ms-jl6dl]

Yeah,I've heard 30% of them were smoking Marlboro.

[@Roger-fs5yo]

I doubt very seriously that bigfoot here had anything to worry about from a tiger🙄

[@lifesajoke6965]

A 600 lb Amur tiger would have no issue killing one of these.

[@somedudeonline-i3t]

@@lifesajoke6965 my money would be on the 1k lb monkey.

[@101bravohotel6]

its wild how much incommon giga ape has with sasquatch, it took us centurys to prove gorillas were chilling in the mountains of africa. so id say once we discover sasquatch with a actual one were gonna discover that giga ape here is most likely sasquatchs great grand dad.

[@allhailtheCODgod]

maybe because sasquatch don't exist XD

[@101bravohotel6]

@@allhailtheCODgod go out to the north woods in america and solo camp for a week or two in some remote area then come back here and see if you can repeat that, when people like les stroud whom have spent their entire lives out in the wilderness say they have experienced some wild unexsplainable sh*t, then you cant really toss that out as some bs. On top of that we thought giant squids were a myth along with Gorillas until they were discovered in 1902, otherwise prior to that anyone that claimed to have seen one was laughed at and called a liar. Just think about that for a second.

[@allhailtheCODgod]

@@101bravohotel6 anecdotes aren’t evidence, sorry bud 😂

[@MelissaThompson432]

Absence of evidence =/= evidence of absence.

[@robertpage3195]

​@@allhailtheCODgod Spot on The only "tangible" evidence is a very dodgy film clip that's about 60years old. Then nothing since.

[@blueduck9409]

The world knows him better as king kong.

[@oscarantoniomoreno5247]

Ah you mean Bigfoot?

[@ericb.4358]

Thia narrator has the effect of taking two AMBIEN.

[@TheNEPTY]

And all we have is a mandible and a molar 😂 Yeah ok bud.

[@larrybedouin2921]

Like Nebraska man who turns out was a wild pig molar😂😂😂😂

[@adreabrooks11]

Well, a little more than that (I think 4 partial jaws, a couple thousand teeth and what might be a Ginganto's distal humerus) - but I'm right there with you. There was an awful lot of conjecture in this vid.

[@craigperry5729]

Why are only jawbones and teeth found?

[@jessicadorion8507]

Lots of animals eat bones.

[@adreabrooks11]

Teeth are among the toughest substances in a land animal, since they need to stand up to the rigours of chewing for an entire adult lifespan. That means they decay more slowly than bones and soft tissues, and have a better chance of being preserved.

[@mafirearmsafety]

Everything was bigger back then, even insects

[@DeePrime2410]

My favorite animal group.

[@camtinfoil6266]

WAS THAT THE BITE OF 87!?

[@1joshjosh1]

Because it is tall it could get more human females than I could get currently being 5'8. That's all that really matters as long as you're tall

[@adreabrooks11]

Statistically, it's cheekbones. From James Dean to Elvis to the Bangtan Boys (and also reaching back to depictions like Alexander the Great), men with prominent cheekbones are always considered the "hottest" apes in the troop. Sense of humour always ranks #1 in polls, and deep voices feature heavily - but cheekbones seem to be tops in terms of pure visual cues.

[@TheGospelofKenneth]

Considering alot of plants and animals alike no longer exist. The majority of what this supposed animal ate is most likely no longer around

[@damage6836]

Damn they scary

[@sardoniclysane]

Sir David Attenborough.

[@andrewcummins2627]

I made it through a bit over 2 minutes.

[@ThouSwell-zx3fd]

ADHD mate?

[@yankee9736]

You have a awesome job🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👍👍

[@SueMarsh-tb3no]

Loved this video thank u !!!

[@riverapablo6519]

Talk about missing David Attenborough.

[@mmfitter6731]

He’s not that bad.

[@misssherrie-may1041]

Yes, but his voice is forever going to be the gold standard.

[@charlesnewkirk7031]

Yup!!

[@riverapablo6519]

@@mmfitter6731 OH yes he is.

[@riverapablo6519]

@@mmfitter6731 OH yes he is.

[@picklechris23]

Drink every time you hear gigantopithecus

[@nnfefe9451]

Prehistoric humans would have evolved even faster if poetry had come first.

[@jbgibson2026]

4 different humanoids all living simultaneously. Basically, forever. It hurts my brain to really ponder that.

[@Anon254]

Speed up to 1.75x Otherwise prepare to sleep in 60 seconds

[@JonBilly-du8oe]

I like this a lot 🦧👍🏻

[@wildhumans8116]

This is not sasquatch if people were wondering

[@jameslund2658]

Dude what's up with the slow mo narrator?

[@sharonpierce4478]

None of this does not mean that they did or did not also eat meat.

[@AFloridaSon]

Scientists can write a book on everything they want you to think they know about gigantopithecus, but all they really know, is it had teeth and a jawbone.😂

[@briantaulbee6452]

And video footage of orangutans doesn't add to the credibility

[@samreh6156]

And there is DNA.

[@carolwyatt483]

This is the relative of North American Bigfoot. They do exist.🐵

[@thearnoldarmy1899]

Pro Tip, speed this three toed sloth narrator bot to 1.5x and it is a lot more bearable.

[@jonhohensee3258]

I saw one of these!

[@TaiNguyen-wu4lq]

When we said dinosaurs time, these animals were living with them with huge ass insects and fruits too. Man can’t believe it

[@patrickwalker4000]

I wonder what caused that climate change?

[@troychambliss784]

Watch entire film & realize how great! 😊

[@jonhohensee3258]

440 pounds? That doesn't seem all that big.

[@DavidScott-oq9yp]

Until you marry it.