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Real-Life King Kong Died Because It Wouldn't Change Its Diet, Study Says

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« on: January 12, 2016, 08:18:02 pm »

But an analysis of those teeth shows why Gigantopithecus disappeared: They were very finicky eaters.
An analysis using carbon isotopes showed that the Gigantopithecus was a vegetarian that lived in the forest, and didn't like bamboo. As the ice age advanced, the giant ape's forest home shrunk, eliminating its preferring food. While other apes made do with what was available on the growing savannas, stubborn Gigantopithecus clung to its home and diet.
"Due to its size, Gigantopithecus presumably depended on a large amount of food," said Dr. Hervé Bocherens of the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen in Germany. "When during the Pleistocene era more and more forested areas turned into savanna landscapes, there was simply an insufficient food supply for the giant ape."
Not everyone believes Gigantopithecus went extinct. The Telegraph reports that anthropologist Grover Krantz, who died in 2002, theorized that some survived and crossed over into North America -- and that their descendants are responsible for modern Bigfoot sightings.
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