At nearly 10 feet tall, weighing more than 94 stones, it was truly king of the swingers. But humans cannot claim a giant ape, which is the largest primate ever seen, as part of our family tree. The Gigantopithecus blacki, which lived almost two million years ago, is in fact more closely related to modern-day orangutans, scientists have discovered. This giant ape is a creature of fascination, having stood taller ...
