What Happened to the World's Greatest Ape?

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Probably twice the size of a modern gorilla, Gigantopithecus is the greatest great-ape that ever was. And for us fellow primates, there are some lessons to be learned in how it lived, and why it disappeared.
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Thanks to Julio Lacerda at 252MYA.com and Carlos Eulefi for both of their wonderful reconstructions of Gigantopithecus.
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[@JammyMonkey]

this fact that humans are so smart that we have gotten to the point of being able to know what lived before us is mind boggling

[@zzzzzz69]

JammyMonkey and the intellectual capacity to make dank memes

[@JammyMonkey]

ChrisW very true

[@sahil47]

You know what's more mind boggling, we are the only being who can think about what we are thinking from 3rd person prospective. We can also imagine are own self in current state from 3rd person prospective.

[@WokeandProud]

@jdtrickster4 That as silly as saying praise electromagnetism, or gravity.

[@itarry4]

You know what can be mind blowing. That native people like aborigines tell stories about animals that seem impossible and then the fossil record shows they existed long, long ago and went extinct in the time of early man. So it's possible that the aboriginal ancestors actually encountered those animals and those stories were passed down for thousands of years without to much change.

[@darkushippotoxotai9536]

That dude had been constantly chasing me in temple run !

[@juanlorenzo7937]

STFU

[@darkushippotoxotai9536]

@@juanlorenzo7937 Hahaha, one more triggered by my lame joke ! :-)

[@smoopydoopy7745]

LOL

[@victortovar9380]

@000 OOO ikr

[@Lazuley_]

@@darkushippotoxotai9536 nah it's not lame

[@naggedd]

I wish I could go back in time and see what the spot where I'm standing looked like millions or billions of years ago

[@lloydchristmas4547]

Would be awesome. I'd probably be in the dangerous ocean.

[@talinite5916]

Same man. I'd be underwater during this period as well (Florida)

[@ronobo1589]

I would love to do that, I wanna see the animals

[@darktrees7565]

it's most likely that where you were was underwater, or was some sort of forest, if you were in specific areas, a desert, grassland, or swamp

[@ramiv9953]

If you go back in time in the same position, you'd be standing in space. The entire solar system (the sun) is not stationary and is continously moving forward in space.

[@noahtrf1247]

“What happened to the words greatest ape” he’s fighting Godzilla in March he’s got training to do kongs a busy guy

[@Tyler-fx9hf]

lol Xd

[@Tyler-fx9hf]

@J DV r/woosh

[@charoimile]

@@Tyler-fx9hf r/thisisnotreddit

[@Tyler-fx9hf]

@@charoimile ok

[@Yourlocalanglosaxon]

*worlds

[@hubblebublumbubwub5215]

I just learned about them and I already miss them.

[@naturebrothers1844]

Hubblebub Lumbubwub I wish they were still alive too

[@hiti6753]

For at least 100,000 years, humans existed at the same time as them. Can you imagine how crazy that must have been?

[@backstagemovie0428]

Hubblebub Lumbubwub even though it can probably crush ur skull

[@Oklahomie_Friendly]

Hubblebub Lumbubwub Kinh Luis in the jungle boom was a gigantipithacus

[@nikkibrookhart1703]

@bishes be mad I agree with you. Gorillas won't even attack humans in the wild as long as you follow a few rules..Orangutans dont either. .So I dont think the humans were worried about these apes. I think they had other animal to worry more about

[@michaelskywalker3089]

I love the illustration of the Gigantopithecus chasing the tiger into the river like it was a tabby cat.

[@gozinta82]

What's funnier is there are 2 separate images from different angles. Like it was a known thing. Tigers were scared so badly they'd rather wrestle huge alligators.

[@nathanlewis5871]

Auhuhhuu Tigers take on mugger crocodiles which are much tougher than alligators

[@nathanlewis5871]

Auhuhhuu Wrong, the maximum size of a mugger is 18 feet while an alligator’s is 14 feet.

[@prehistoriccreature1800]

@Crazy Steve Ur dumb af. Alligator destroys tiger

[@prehistoriccreature1800]

@@nathanlewis5871 Dumbass tigers stand no chance even against Mugger Crocs.

[@jabby6709]

I can't believe Le Monke is extinct...💔

[@lukeiamnotyourfatheranymore]

you had 100000 years to accept the fact that they went extinct

[@scorch5918]

This is an ape like a human, if this is an monkey, then so are humans.

[@justsomegirlwithagodcomple3068]

Rip monke ❤️

[@EshamPlayz]

*Ugle monke*

[@ivankadinskiy3980]

@@lukeiamnotyourfatheranymore yet is still hard to accept 😭

[@utsavmanandharz156]

"we have only found teeth and jaws" imagine if they were just regular sized monke with massive heads

[@mynamedoesntfi--6161]

Well the head can't be so big compared to it's body. The Body and Head need to be a specific size to make sure that their Center of Gravity is at their waste...

[@dreadlock375]

@@mynamedoesntfi--6161 nothing gets past you huh.

[@mynamedoesntfi--6161]

@@dreadlock375 Let me guess, you found this funny?

[@theketaminefrog6366]

Either that, or they were just living jaws, like Pac-Man

[@mikewhitman745]

@@mynamedoesntfi--6161 so what your saying is giant head, normal body and giant feet?

[@Reignor99]

So.. "Planting C4", and "C4 Plants" are two completely different things.. Learned something new today.

[@gravefx9437]

sloop i préfère planting c4

[@Jason918114]

Words are fun.

[@atmo-sphere6799]

Allahu akbar

[@ricisbusy9657]

Well duh, you need to be "Planting C4s" before you can get "C4 Plants". WE LEARN THIS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Y'ALL

[@thecollectorsinged113]

Can somebody call the counter terrorists in, also call Mihn Lee the "Gooseman".

[@whitneydouglas4794]

I love the silly idea that Bigfoot is actually Gigantopithecus.

[@jarca2246]

*if it's still alive*

[@LJ-ej3fv]

@Ryan Lajara That aside, it is not impossible that a yeti could exist, it's just unlikely that it's related to the Gigantopothecus, since it would probably have trouble surviving in the cold heights of the Himalaya Mountains...

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

We don't know with any certainty how silly or not any of that is.

[@haydenarchambault2927]

@@LJ-ej3fv Whoever said the cold heights? Why not the lush, jungle himmilayan valleys where most sightings and print finds take place?

[@danmeyers708]

They moved to Oregon and Washington like everyone else is doing.

[@casbio]

“Like nothing you’ve ever seen” I have in fact seen The Jungle Book, so checkmate lady

[@AS-ri1mb]

Lady: 😦

[@baldhead8094]

“We need Kong. The world needs him.”

[@stephanie1678]

Lmaoo 💀

[@pippinpatters18]

you deserve more likes

[@GeneralHeavy]

"Mmmm Monke."

[@driptennyson1024]

Monkeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@rishikesh4117]

@@driptennyson1024 look at this monke looks at this monke sooo huge

[@amsoho75gr]

"what does a 500-kg primate eat?" anything it wants...

[@pauldavies8638]

Big bananas

[@joebama3134]

@Strength of the Wild exactly yooo. I wanna be strong enough to knock a bear out cleaned instead of having a laptop

[@Adrian-hk8xj]

haha such an original comment

[@angelitogumera4082]

Mario And Love Ya PlushMasters a gigantopithecus can kill a fully grown bush elephant? lol of course not. Review your comment. A gigantopithecus is not the strongest mammal on land. Lol you’re dumb

[@pillowx4473]

King kongs

[@periodicart444]

Imagine wandering in the forests of Asia and hearing a booming “uh oh, stinky” coming somewhere in the forest.

[@woolycooly9595]

horrifying

[@woolycooly9595]

oo oo ah ah uh oh stinkyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[@wolfgangallanalhazred802]

And once you cut off its head in combat, it gets back up and picks up a sword

[@themadclown4077]

What is it jacksepticeye?

[@chairmanwario]

I clicked on this video specifically to find a comment like this.

[@uke4ia]

"What does a 500-pound ape eat?" The obvious answer is "Anything it wants to."

[@gadio16]

Over 1000 pounds.

[@assumjongkey1383]

Over 9000!!!

[@pbkimblee1858]

Kg*

[@abhishekkulkarni9120]

500kg. That's 1100lbs.

[@kakalimukherjee3297]

@@abhishekkulkarni9120 About 80 bald eagles, for our American friends

[@markvlogs1758]

"Give me the C4." "Wait what? We don't have explosives." "Oh I mean the plant."

[@epauletshark3793]

Perhaps the plant is explosive...

[@merrickfernandez4734]

Idiots

[@Oracle_Sp]

@@merrickfernandez4734Its Called a J O K E

[@vickiatabi4235]

Somebody had to go there, right?☑️?THX

[@Reignor99]

It went extinct because it was eating C4, obviously.

[@anidiot7247]

T H E R E

[@SPAD-90.00]

I’m Just imagining all of them exploding at once

[@yougbd3rdincommand774]

Ik I'm kinda late but I liked your comment before I watch the plant part and now I'm BIG BRAIN

[@atlasknox7514]

Rush hour ?

[@highdeserthuntinggmail9375]

Thought you meant plants that utilize a C4 photosynthetic cycle

[@MoonrayDrake]

"What do you wanna know about the story of life on earth?" EVERYTHING!

[@jaywilliams9294]

October sky?

[@Sebach82]

"Bring me everyone."

[@binky2819]

"What do you mean everyone?" "EEVVEERRRYYYYOOONNNEEEEEEE!!!!"

[@amareyk]

“Oh, oobee doo I wanna be like you I wanna walk like you Talk like you, too You'll see it's true An ape like me Can learn to be humen too” R.I.P King Louie

[@joatanpereira4272]

Hey, Genghis Khan's pp, how are u doing down there?

[@justthinking650]

dont worry he survived

[@stanstanstan2597]

I think they even referenced Gigantopithicus in the live action remake

[@Statesmensch]

@@stanstanstan2597​​⁠ referenced? King Louie IS a Gigantopithecus is the live action adaptation

[@Pezz42]

"The question is, what does a 500kg primate eat?" The answer? Whatever it wants.

[@hugrit4027]

Bambú, lots and lots of bambú

[@dejavu666wampas9]

Rats. Someone beat me to it.

[@srobeck77]

Definitely not because it was too slow to catch any prey animals. As this video said, they were plant eaters (like modern apes).

[@muizrahim861]

@@srobeck77 apes are omnivores just like their closest living cousins, homo sapien. They'll eat anything that they can grab onto, plants, insects, termites even monkeys too. They need that instant protein.

[@srobeck77]

@@muizrahim861 incorrect, gorillas are herbivores, not omnivores

[@backwardsbrain2255]

*”oh I’m the king of the swingers, oh, the jungle V.I.P”*

[@riaramirez4733]

"I've reached the top, I had to stop, and that's what's botherin' me"

[@sydneybrown9239]

@@riaramirez4733 "I want to be a man, man-cub, and stroll right into town And be just like those other men"

[@penguinjordan7890]

@@sydneybrown9239 I'm tired of monkin around

[@Constantine7564]

Wither Soldier oh shoobie doo I wanna be like you I wanna walk like talk like you

[@harrysouter138]

@@Constantine7564 you see it’s true ooo an ape like meeee can learn to be human tooo

[@arronwilliams357]

Time Machine: You have Arrived (Computer generated voice) Partner: Do you see anything Me: yes Partner: What is it? Me: it's time to leave now Partner: Why? Me: Remember king Kong?

[@SomeBuddy777]

Spot on! That's classic 🏆

[@21MarketaDiva]

Lol. Write a movie! I so want to read after that 😭

[@SomeBuddy777]

@Alfredo hmmm... 🤔 not even a chuckle or slight snicker?

[@franklinwheatley3458]

Alfredo no one cares

[@trevorphilips9065]

@Samueldedieu Then say something funny

[@goodpeople2953]

Me at 3am: Aight I should probably go to sleep Also me at 3am: Big Monke

[@UnfoundFilms]

I thoroughly appreciate the “wooo-wooo” noise for the scanning animation.

[@mrmister1657]

I can’t imagine how cool and terrifying they would be

[@theultimatechadd3930]

Imagine

[@calamorta]

now imagine a giant chimpanzee

[@Kryptic_sx]

@@calamortaimagine a gorilla mixed with chimpanzee mixed with orangutan mixed with Gigantopithecus

[@JubioHDX]

@@calamorta you mean an angry gorilla?

[@stowlicters8362]

is it because you are blind like your profile picture implies?

[@GRIGGINS1]

That poor tiger is going. "Leave me alone you big bully!!!" lol.

[@danedupuy5356]

Then, the gigantipithicus ate it

[@raiseanothermanskidsforlov4920]

@@danedupuy5356 and than King Kong ate the Gigantipithicus

[@danedupuy5356]

Orange Soda then, godzilla ate king kong

[@danedupuy5356]

Alphew` but then, an ant ate godkong

[@skllgrmssn]

@@danedupuy5356 then the anteater ate the ant

[@wileyjackson5124]

The region that it lived in modern South East Asia. Despite having a reputation as being rain soaked and water logged many portions of the region are quite dry and the mountains produce C4 type plants. This fits in with the suspected habitat, and it was most likely a mountain/hill dwelling land creature that bordered on the wetlands. Fun fact, they existed at the same time as some of the earliest known human ancestors of the region.

[@vanderpraast4938]

Arebu singaporean or filipino?

[@jorgemaiz7624]

The Rock Apes of Vietnam.

[@MayaSlaya]

Imagine being a human in that time seeing a 11 ft angry ape face to face 🦧

[@ishealth]

Her voice is so pleasant to the ears.

[@AvailableUsernameTed]

Q. What does a 500 kg primate eat? ... A. Anything it wants to.

[@Burt1038]

Even pineapple pizza?

[@AlanmanAaron]

Especially pineapple pizza, as all living creatures should have the opportunity to.

[@SlideRulePirate]

You got there before me.

[@RedfishInc]

BA DUM BUMP!

[@buttdickenz]

Just ask your average american

[@foolslayer9416]

You know, when I went to the zoo, I noticed that gibbons, who are similar orangutans in lifestyle and physique, walk around on their hindquarters with their arms raised over their heads, which I found hilarious. Now the image of a giant orangutan with its arms dangling over its head is just terrifying.

[@kellywolstenholme8134]

Fool Slayer You're just walking through the peaceful woods when all of a suddenly this thing comes up from behind you, walking by. Instant heart attack

[@pizza6383]

@Corvo@AZ Bigger than Bigfoot

[@rosielow527]

John Wang Very-Bigfoot?

[@flowerfaerie8931]

Orangutans do the same thing on occasion. It’s funny but also kind of weird.

[@I.am.Sarah.]

Rosie Low Biggerfoot?

[@stalematesteven7251]

What happened? Spotify offered him 100 mil and he left us. 😐

[@sammorossi]

What........

[@surfingsandiego92109]

😂

[@jakewhitham3475]

Joe rogan

[@catfightparadise]

Lmfao

[@EmmaHornell]

LOVED this - thank you PBS!

[@Ctrl_Alt_Elite]

I still find it mind blowing how we can figure out all this stuff out from just teeth and jaw fossils, but I love science for it.

[@oscard.lisboa6105]

its basically speculation and connecting the few dots archeology offers... basically they guess alot

[@jackmehoff594]

That’s why every 50-100 years half of it’s proved wrong

[@austinshoupe3003]

Guess is a bad way of putting it. There is a backlog of patterns being drawn from. We are only really aware of the mistakes. The number of times these hypotheses are found to likely be correct is far more numerous.

[@adraen5942]

@@oscard.lisboa6105 It's paleontology not archeology for starters, and teeth are probably the best source of information you can get. Their size and shape is actually linked to the size of the animal, their structure and remaining chemistry will tell you their eating habits and the kind of environement they lived in, their developement will give you an estimate of the age of the animal and more. Teeth are just a wealth of knowledge. Also as a side note for others, they're no such thing as "half of it gets proven wrong every 50-100 years" knowledge is gained, things are corrected, but it's actually pretty rare when things are discovered to be straight up wrong

[@oscard.lisboa6105]

@@adraen5942 still speculation tho

[@DretFosria]

The greatest ape that ever lived? Sounds a lot like DK, Donkey Kong. He's the leader of the bunch. You know him well. And he's finally back to kick some tail. With his coconut gun, he fires in bursts. If he hits ya, it's gonna hurt! DK!!!! DONKEY KONG IS HERE!

[@loganf9701]

coconut gun!.....whats that...(?

[@ExplorationRandomDestination]

Logan F donkey kongs oversized potato cannon is what it is

[@DaDrewinz]

Very nostalgic comment. knew every word to that song.

[@marylarsen2288]

I hate and love this comment.

[@hamburger2726]

Then there’s chunky, hes dead DK! CHUNKY’S DEAD!

[@agnieszkacz_]

These videos r fantastic and very informative - but I just wanted to add that you’ve such a lovely and comforting voice, a joy to listen to!! :) xx

[@thomasraywood679]

Agreed. Quite remarkable really.

[@rokuth]

I had a problem with one of the illustrations of Gigantopithecus, the one where it is standing there eating foliage. The background looks like a modern day rubber plantation in South East Asia. (I live in Malaysia so it struck me as being obviously familiar) Just look at how uniformly spaced the trees are, and it just sticks out as being planned, not the way a jungle or forest would look like.

[@SpiderBeetle]

We all know it's just King Louie

[@mudfishnick9768]

He did confirm that he's an extant Gigantopithecus

[@hangxuan6648]

Can i have some rubax ?

[@SpiderBeetle]

Yes.

[@benh1496]

Shoo be do

[@justthinking650]

@@benh1496 I wanna be like yoo ooo oooh

[@thes7274473]

I love the thumbnail. Tiger says “nope nope nope nope nope…”

[@maxpower19711]

And then humans showed up like stab stab fire burn. and no more gigantopithecus.

[@_halloeen_856]

Big Falcon Rocket no more climate change came and said "get out of my house" and the street of the universe are dangerous mate

[@optillian4182]

Shere Khan saw King Louie.

[@tdog652041]

Tiger wants none of that.

[@brandon7024]

PBS: "What happened to the World's Greatest Ape?" Me: We invented the internet, I guess

[@DankestDestroyer1098]

We're not gigantopithicus 🤔

[@nerdguy538]

​@@DankestDestroyer1098but we are the world's greatest ape

[@Prak_Giggles]

"Plants in hotter climates are called C4" One press of a button and half of the southern united states will blow up

[@nickkraw1]

I like how they not only teach you the content, they teach you how the content was discovered on this channel, and that teaches you a lot about the anthropological scientific process. It also installs trust and provides evidence for those who might be doubtful.

[@Johnny-Thunder]

Oh, how magnificus it would be...

[@adrijenie4105]

A gigantophitecus like me~~ can learn to be like someone like youu uuu~~

[@chloeparent3044]

Oobidoo I wanna be like you I wanna walk like you, talk like you TooOoo

[@markjasontillerva1855]

I wanna use that flame just the same as you can do

[@larryjohnny]

Rather superfluous commenticus

[@Archimedes_BC]

"A gigantoficus like me..."

[@TokuNorth]

"and for us fellow primates" i bet a lot of Americans just gasped because of that information

[@LucasDarkGiygas]

Thanks for the video

[@nickzaytz5712]

This is ridiculous that Gigantopithecus would be talkin' like Christopher Walken

[@michaelyu2744]

how magnificus it would be

[@lcfishing859]

Idk why there so many dislikes this is cool

[@Moose_skins]

Anthony Hopkins

[@justthinking650]

@@michaelyu2744 A gigantopithecus like him

[@MP-oi7dz]

I don't know about the other 7 billion of us but I'm currently in bed watching videos. Thanks for asking

[@brianbaeza6862]

Im doing the same 3 months later

[@greyscaleb1537]

3 months later

[@vuksavic9759]

3 months later

[@fallenshadow0491]

3 months later

[@MapMan365]

3... months... later?

[@krissmonte6374]

Nice show thank you

[@ofirivry]

hii addicted to eons please keep making more vidios 🙏 I'd love to hear more on ecological scale history's like kind of a full veiw of a specific ecosystem in a specific time (like north America before human arrival or the middle east before humans left Africa) generally full scale ecosystems view 🙏

[@Rex_Rhett]

Big foot has now been confirmed.

[@recentlychanged]

I've thought for a long time that 'Big Foot, 'Yeti', et al., are just evolved australopithecines. It's been shown, as in the case of the recently discovered living coelacanth, that a gap in the fossil record doesn't prove a species went extinct.

[@gibberish1014]

@Jerrol Hale aaarrgh!

[@brantleyfoster021]

Rex_ Rhett I think they are still around, their is alot of places on Earth that is not used or discovered.

[@todwilliams1249]

@Jerrol Hale the wookie is Australia's version of bigfoot called the yowie!

[@danfield6030]

Brantley - . .there are NOT alot of places that are undiscovered

[@walt776]

My suggestions for future episodes: * The rise of grass and how it transformed ecosystems and animal evolution. * Early crocodilians, which were surprisingly diverse. * The rise of social insects like ants, wasps, and bees. * Entelodonts and "hell pigs." * Terror birds. * Top five biggest mysteries of the history of life. * Just for fun, a history of dinosaurs in movies (now we have another Jurassic Park film coming).

[@dariusniederer856]

walt776 +

[@dariusniederer856]

walt776 +

[@s.oconnor7722]

Ooooh yes I agree! Eons needs to do an episode on social insects!!! The genetics of them is really neat!

[@jamesbryant8238]

And how humans were domesticated by wheat.

[@eeJOKERee]

0:20 there is something about this photo specifically that tigers face that I find too hilarious lmao!

[@samuela.2747]

He lives on in our hearts.

[@binky2819]

Please do an episode on mimicry and aposematic creatures! The fact that some animals have evolved body shapes, colors, patterns and even appendages for the sole purpose of camouflage or signalling of some sort is unbelievably fascinating to me.

[@IDMYM8]

I demand this episode

[@bobclover4634]

Dem octopussies tha change in2 uvva animuls n dat

[@giovannysilva7735]

binky2819, sounds interesting idd

[@jakethedog2934]

binky2819 But humans are the most mysterious animal.

[@Luminun]

your way of speaking is very clear

[@GinoNL]

It’s very sssshssssh though

[@rayplays4u]

except when you say epoch

[@gnosticdemon1794]

"What Happened to the World's Greatest Ape?" I'm right here brah

[@DankestDestroyer1098]

Your not a gigantopithicus 🤔

[@romildodemelogarcia5022]

@@DankestDestroyer1098 maybe he is?

[@lejioh641]

@@DankestDestroyer1098 what if, he is

[@aldhiwahyupratama3763]

love the explanation, including about phytolith

[@PalimpsestProd]

I'd like to know about the first fungi on land, what they did to land and air, and what they were when they were in the oceans. Thanks for asking.

[@eons]

Hey, great minds think alike! Look for an episode on this very topic in the coming weeks! (BdeP)

[@dilo19000]

Hope to see Prototaxites there!

[@PalimpsestProd]

You are the sauce which is awesome.

[@ooooneeee]

I'm so looking forward to this 😍

[@mdempsey7128]

What did the mushroom say to the other mushroom? ... I’m a fun-guy! Eh? Eh? 🙃

[@Aquilax_]

Damn if you lose your teeth they know everything about you Edit: corrected my spelling

[@skooter__]

Please explain what 'losing you're thoot' means dude

[@saurabhshrigadi]

@@skooter__ teeth. Loosing your teeth.

[@jxguarfn9939]

TOOTH 🦷

[@Aquilax_]

@@samregis3651 Dude calm english is not my first language

[@breannalowrey5699]

@@samregis3651 You're wouldn't work anyways. You're is you are. Your is showing possession.

[@SinnerChrono]

Great video

[@roseannsebastian2432]

very usefull thank you pbs eons

[@LemurWhoSpoke]

Yes… But what about the extinct giant lemurs? Please do an episode on them. Also, do one on the very early evolution of primates, including both Strepsirrhines and Haplorhines.

[@fourdeck33]

Extinct Madagascar mega fauna in general.

[@michaelmeining889]

For a brief moment I fought you were about to say: What about the droid attacks on the wookies?

[@wrongway1100]

What does a 500kg primate eat? What ever the hell it wants to. But mostly I see them at the IHOP or Walmart in the cookie section. They seem to always break the auto carts.

[@skylabeef]

Savage. I likes.

[@bunabobby]

Too bad that this comment is stolen, for the most part

[@nikospurr307]

Muricah...

[@moustachepig43]

Edward Gross Australopithecus

[@jacobkeary6740]

Feels bad man

[@monkeyking734]

The Gigantopithecus blacki is the boss. The orangutan is when u unlock him as a playable character

[@yarogrigoriev1609]

one thing they forgot to say was that a super volcano erupted in that area causing all big creatures to die out in those areas because of ash.

[@jamessinclair2898]

Yeah the Toba Supervolcano on Sumatra.

[@invisiblejaguar1]

Once again, being a giant sucks when massive climate change happens.

[@ikerants745]

Leila Smith yet for some reason animals never seem to learn. BEING BIG SUCKS!

[@mitkoogrozev]

A good point about the dinosaurs thriving for so long. We humans are small compared to them and we appeared just 200k years ago, but the way we're going we might be on our way out. So size in this case tells us nothing, when we can be one of the species with shortest existence.

[@GrahamCStrouse]

Leila Smith It’s an advantage when the climate is colder-large mammals maintain their body temperature than smaller animals.

[@ronindebeatrice]

Graham Strouse You're referring to square-cube relationship, but it has diminishing returns, of course; you will reach a size where your circulatory system is not performing optimally.

[@kalebsantos72]

Ike Rants yes but consider this dinosaurs are awesome

[@danz9507]

*throws banana*

[@God-qi1fr]

Throws ARK player

[@gambucino1260]

John von Shepard Damn it beat me to it

[@liamgrey7974]

+TheArmedDodo lol

[@Scroteydada]

*dodges*

[@chairmanwario]

Imagine walking through the prehistoric jungles of Asia and just hearing an enormous booming “UH OH STINKY”

[@magmat0585]

"What does an 1100 pound ape eat?" I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say whatever the hell it wants

[@sashawright8953]

Whoever made jungle book knew this!

[@genebijou3772]

You mean the book or the movie? The book talks of orangutan which is highly unlikely since they only live in the island of Borneo and not in India.

[@NewJoodat]

There is no orangutan in the book

[@jacobkeary6740]

The new shite movie

[@markjasontillerva1855]

Yeaaaah that's where I heard it :>

[@floppyseizure8615]

The host kinda has that Deb from Napoleon Dynamite vibe going on.

[@Chelsea-cc3nw]

William Weaver LMAO that ponytail definitely doesn't help 😭

[@larryjohnny]

Vote for Pedro and Deb!

[@mrs.schmenkman2858]

Bless her heart, her sinus voice and lisp drives me nuts. I wish they fixed her voice post process

[@DaDrewinz]

She could prolly drink whole milk cuz she so skiny.

[@liam_ashton01]

PBS Eons: "What happened to the world's greatest ape!!" GODZILLA: He fought me and lost.

[@starclownproduction]

without looking at the video i can tell you we're still here not doing well but still here baby

[@chaeburger]

Could you talk about terror birds or early human ancestors? That would be great!

[@Jacob-sb3su]

Got your request

[@hermanbirks2731]

No bird tho

[@Saenger-]

@@Jacob-sb3su word

[@theflamingtoaster1]

Gnomes liked to ride em

[@riskitforthetriscuitt2548]

Both your wishes have been fulfilled

[@triasic4457]

Could you guys do a video about the cretaceous polar forest of Australia and Antarctica, or about the Azhdarchidae ? These are subjects that are so rarely talked about and I'm sure you would show how interesting they are. I really loved this video, this channel is so good !

[@JXZ-JAM]

THIS.

[@GkellyJ]

That episode of Walking with Dinosaurs was my favorite! Leaellynasaura is still my favorite dinosaur.

[@triasic4457]

same, it was certainly the most original out of the series

[@stevenperkins7320]

Really getting into the ice age these days. Fun to watch.

[@thomasraywood679]

There were a number of ice ages, including one less than 20 Ka, but the Pleistocene is a particularly important one.

[@joshtheghostgod5853]

Learned more in this video then all my years in school !

[@MBRSims]

Gigantopithecus was also the likely ancestor of King Kong and his species, according to behind the scenes info for the 2005 remake

[@joevinski1]

Love the videos please keep up the great work !!!!

[@rgerber]

your welcome

[@xKaiVibes]

Joe Vinski best rapper alive yea

[@ianfarr-wharton1000]

To bad this video is 20 years out of date Gigantopithecus Black.. 10 years ago they worked out Gigantopithecus Black walked on two legs and its face was more pushed in like a humans face.. And the big one , may of died out only 1500 years ago in south china...Also, some think the story of sun wukong was based on a living Gigantopithecus Black t, This story was written by mocks 1300 years ago..

[@youtubesubscriptions5206]

Joe Vinski La Controverse de Valladolid est un livre dans lequel Jean-Claude Carrière parle de la situation des indiens d’Amérique en 1550. A l’époque, un grand débat avait eu lieu afin de savoir si les indiens étaient au même niveau que la race humaine ou est-ce qu’ils étaient des êtres inférieurs. Ce débat fait suite au massacre important des indiens d’Amérique que les Espagnols avaient effectué à l’époque. Les événements contés dans La Controverse de Valladolid se déroulent dans un couvent. Dans une pièce, certaines personnes ont été réunies pour débattre de la situation et du statut qu’il faut donner aux indiens d’Amérique. On retrouve le frère dominicain Bartolomé de Las Casas ainsi que l’historien et théologien Juan Ginès de Sépulvéda. D’autres personnalités importantes comme le légat du pape, envoyé de Rome, et le supérieur du couvent sont présentes. Il y’a deux camps. Celui de ceux qui considèrent que les indiens d’Amérique ont une âme et celui de ceux qui soutiennent que les indiens d’Amérique sont inférieurs à la race humaine. Il est à noter que cette rencontre a eu lieu à la demande de Charles Quint, qui était à l’époque l’empereur des deux mondes, et du Pape Jules III. Le frère dominicain Bartolomé de Las Casas défend la théorie selon laquelle les indiens d’Amérique étaient des créatures de Dieu. Selon lui, ce sont des êtres comme les espagnols et possèdent des âmes comme tous les êtres humains. De l’autre côté, l’historien et théologien Juan Ginès de Sépulvéda n’est pas du tout de cet avis. Selon lui, les indiens d’Amérique ne sont pas des descendants d’Adam et Eve. Il avait même écrit un livre où il défend sa position. La publication de ce livre dépend de l’issue du débat de la controverse. En effet, si à la fin de la réunion, les indiens d’Amérique ne sont pas considérés comme des enfants de Dieu, le livre sera publié. Dans le cas contraire, il ne pourra pas être publié. Dans la Controverse de Valladolid, chacun des participants prend la parole pour défendre sa position. C’est Las casas qui intervient le premier. Il parle de la situation des indiens d’Amérique après la colonisation de leurs terres par les espagnols. Il évoque le mauvais traitement qui leur est infligé par les colons. D’après ce qu’il a vu, beaucoup d’atrocités sont commises sur le peuple amérindien. Vient le tour de Sepùlveda qui défend sa position contre les indiens d’Amérique. Dans son discours, il affirme que ces indiens sont des créatures que Dieu ne reconnaît pas. Pour lui, s’il y’a la guerre, c’est uniquement par la volonté de Dieu. Donc à ses yeux, il s’agit d’une lutte légitime. Les deux personnages ont donc soutenu des thèses opposées. Les arguments évoqués par l’un réfutent les arguments de l’autre. Un fait intéressant dans ce livre est qu’on retrouve une analyse vraiment approfondie de certains thèmes phares. Les indiens étant au centre de cette controverse, tout ce qui leur tourne autour est analysé. On débat de leurs religions, des dieux qu’ils adorent. On aborde aussi leurs potentialités artistiques, les types de maisons dans lesquels ils vivent. C’est en quelque sorte une autre manière de découvrir les indiens d’Amérique à travers le livre de Jean Claude Carrière. Ceci permet à tout le monde de se faire une idée sur ce peuple un peu mal connu. Si les deux antagonistes avaient des avis différents, ils s’entendaient au moins sur un fait : toutes les âmes doivent être sauvées. Le salut des âmes était très important et primordial aussi bien pour Las Casas que Sépulvéda. Un moment important de la controverse est celui où des indiens sont introduits dans la pièce. Ils sont au nombre de quatre. On retrouve une famille de trois personnes (le père, la mère et l’enfant) et un jongleur. Ils sont examinés sous toutes les coutures. On les fait passer par différents tests. Comme s’ils étaient des animaux, on les sent et on les touche . Il est demandé au jongleur de jongler. Des bouffons sont même introduits dans la pièce afin de voir quel est le degré d’humour de ces êtres. Durant tout les temps que les quatre indiens sont présents dans la pièce, on a cherché à voir s’ils ressemblaient véritablement aux êtres humains. La décision devait revenir au légat du Pape. C’est lui qui devait juger si oui ou non les indiens d’Amérique étaient des enfants de Dieu. Il a été envoyé uniquement pour ce but. Les arguments de Las Casas et de Sepùlveda sont étudiés par le légat du Pape. L’intervention des indiens d’Amérique au cours de la controverse, permit au légat du Pape de se faire une idée sur la manière dont ces indiens vivent. Avant que le légat du Pape ne prenne une décision, il a écouté les deux partis. Las Casas ayant été lui en Inde a pu donner des exemples de ce qui se passait réellement en Inde. Exemples à l’appui, il a montré de manière très réelle, les atrocités commises sur le peuple des indiens. Il a réussi à démystifier les différentes rumeurs que les gens balançaient sur le peuple indien sans qu’ils ne se soient rendus une seule fois en Inde. Sépulvéda quant à lui, n’ayant pas des exemples concrets s’appuie sur la force qu’il avait d’argumenter et de faire de la rhétorique. Très calme, il défendait sa position. L’un de ses arguments les plus poignants est celui où il montra que les indiens étaient des sauvages parce qu’ils faisaient des sacrifices humains. Si Sépulvéda était très calme et menait de façon posée son argumentation, Las Casas lui s’emportait de temps en temps. Il coupait parfois la parole à Sépulvéda pour donner des contre-exemples. Durant la controverse, deux styles très différents se sont opposés. Finalement, le légat du Pape donna sa décision. Au nom du Pape ainsi que celui de toute l’Eglise, il déclara que les indiens étaient des créatures divines qui possédaient une âme. Ainsi, il est du même avis que Bartolomé de Las Casas. Les indiens doivent alors être mieux traités et leurs conditions doivent s’améliorer. Mais le légat du Pape sait aussi que cette décision aura d’énormes répercussions sur le plan économique. En effet, les indiens représentaient pour le peuple espagnol une main d’œuvre intéressante et peu coûteuse. Vu que les indiens ne peuvent plus être réduits en esclavage, lé légat du pape demande alors à ce que les colons utilisent les esclaves africains. Les africains étaient considérés comme ayant moins d’humanité que les indiens. Ceci permettra aux colons d’avoir toujours une main-d’œuvre à exploiter. Las Casas n’était pas de cet avis. Mais lorsqu’il voulut intervenir une fois encore, on lui signifia que ce n’était pas le sujet de la controverse de Valladolid.

[@Engitainment]

Hey, Eons team, I have an important question: At 0:45, you show an image of some teeth, presumably from a dig site. I was wondering if you had the source for that, because I have an unidentified piece of bone that looks Identical to the one in the image, and I'd love to know what it is. Thanks!

[@nagaijo7262]

👀👀

[@JubioHDX]

i hope you havent just been sitting on your couch with them on your mantle waiting for a response lol, get in contact with a paleontologist.

[@arietwigt6031]

Looks like a herbivore tooth, most likely bovine

[@JJ-oq3tz]

About 3 meters tall and weight over 500 pounds, this prehistoric primate is twice bigger, stronger and heavier than the modern silverback gorilla. Scientists identified this new-found prehistoric primate as Gigantopithecus, the biggest extinct prehistoric ape in the world and the ancestors of the only great apes left in Asia, the modern orangutans 🦍

[@js6618]

500 kilograms lil over 1000 pounds

[@JJ-oq3tz]

@@js6618 Yeah. You right

[@harambe9461]

@@js6618 not just lil, super lil

[@harmony.enforcer]

*Thank you!* I've been reading about Giganthopitecus since I was a kid and I've always wanted to know about it. Honestly, I first thought of it as an oversized gorilla, but now I know! You're doing amazing work.

[@xxfortnite-gamerxx3765]

Discovery Chanel: its a huge ape that is extinct A child: no he just went to the jungle book and became king Louie

[@MikeCOYS]

Interesting trivia in the most recent Jungle Book, they upgraded him to a Gigantopithecus, which justifies his large size.

[@dope9555]

Suprised nobody roasted this dude for his name

[@evanmiller2562]

The pics at 0:27 and 5:08 of Gigantopithecus chasing the Tiger is so metal!!! \m/

[@jimmitron]

i didn't even watch the video yet and I know they will talk about a Gigantopithecus

[@cauchyhorizon5983]

"Now you might think it's ridiculous That me, a gigantipithicus Would ever dream I'd like to team With the likes of you, mancub.."

[@AdamYJ]

Kudos to the Disney song writing team for trying to rhyme "gigantipithicus".

[@chromographia106]

+

[@itzjacob6460]

Beat me too it..

[@laurenthomas9305]

Scrolled comments 20s in to find the top Louie reference. 😁

[@xeztan]

Such an underrated channel. Please do a video on fungi evolution. Mycology is my absolute favorite

[@12jswilson]

He lived on an island then eventually fought Godzilla

[@surangapremaratna8978]

Gigantopithecus: I'm the strongest ape to ever li- Humans with nukes: Ima stop you right there

[@jdhall420]

This is one of my favorite past primates! this was awesome thanks!

[@WilliamLeeSims]

These videos are always amazing. Todays audio and music was especially spot on.

[@UniqueliAnimationsSN]

William Sims do you know the name of the music?

[@MadazMazdas]

No the audio is horrible you can hear her mouth moving too much, mic too close or sensitive its very off-putting

[@strangequark3897]

Another great episode but I was completely unprepared for how different Kallie's look was 5 years ago 😂😂

[@stuartharper3968]

Awesome !!!

[@steveburns9939]

Just discovered this channel and it is AMAZING! I’m learning so much! Thank you!!

[@Tperry182324]

I have one tamed on Ark survival 😂😂

[@ZEROMT02]

Tperry182324 exactly i love them in ark 😂😂

[@pzl4611]

@@ZEROMT02 not when u use the spyglass

[@0karyl0]

I have two I make them stand in front of my vault like security guards 😂

[@Trainer_Verse8167]

Tperry182324 lol same

[@harpervee]

Same, his name is Biggy🤣🤣🤣

[@DutchFurnace]

@02:20 "They were able to figure out who their closest living relatives are". I'm picturing them going to someones house and knocking on the door to let them know they are the closest relatives to this ape already gone hundreds of thousands of years. Edit: Oh it fed on bamboo? Guess we know why it died out.

[@bufordmaddogtannen5164]

We are still here

[@sohrobinator]

This was really cool! I love this Eons series. 👍🏽

[@davishatler1874]

It’s amazing how much we can find out from teeth and jawbones

[@realeyes8199]

Yes but the way she explains is boring and lecture type

[@visionz4081]

Davis Hatler I mean yeah but u know how much they got wrong so no it’s not that amazing. It probably looked so much different

[@jayde-courtneywacker6368]

Its evening more amazing that all that evidence could've been wiped out by Chinese people.....

[@c4call]

A bunch of theories that people get paid to come up with

[@samd1405]

@@c4call the tooth science is indisputable and proven. The part that's iffy is assuming you know when it died out when there are so few fossils to begin with. Maybe it just didn't leave a fossil that anyone has found yet for the last 100,000 years

[@iasongeorgiou4531]

He didn’t become extinct. He just finally became a man.

[@justthinking650]

thats a downgrade

[@nerdguy538]

​@@justthinking650wrong

[@Phobreeze]

A silverback is already huge af, these things gotta be 2-3x the size.