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(09-08-2018, 09:12 AM)GuateGojira Wrote: It seems that Gigantopithecus was not that large as we popularly know. This link from Devianart present interesting information about the size of that large primate: https://www.deviantart.com/blazze92/art/...-456797219

Here is a reconstruction of bLAZZE92 of the  bones known of this primate:

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The conversation is interesting and it seems tha the Gigantophitecus was just slightly larger than the largest gorillas.

What do you think?

Hard to say, since many experts have neglected the fact that the Giganto was in fact a ground ape like the modern gorilla, and it most likely got a quadrupedal stance/knuckle walkers like the gorilla.

So the holotype of the Giganto shouldn't be exactly based on the organgutan, they merely belonged to the same subfamily, but they were not the exact same animals.

To reconstruct the Giganto based on the orangutan is like to reconstruct the tiger based on the clouded leopard.

I think these images should be accurate reconstruction of the Giganto; a robust gorilla-like body with an orangutan-like head, perhaps with red fur like the modern orangutan.

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