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an orangutan hanging from a tree branch eating something

The orangutan is one of our closest relatives, and yet we know comparatively little about them. They are an animal that we need to learn more about because perhaps knowing more about them will help us understand ourselves better. Hopefully, we can do this before it's too late.

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a man standing next to a large monkey in the jungle

Gigantopithecus … an extinct genus of ape that existed from roughly nine million years to as recently as one hundred thousand years ago, in what is now China, India, and Vietnam, placing Gigantopithecus in the same time frame and geographical location as several hominin species. The fossil record suggests that individuals of the species Gigantopithecus blacki were the largest apes that ever lived, standing up to 3 m (9.8 ft), and weighing up to 540 kg (1,200 lb)

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