Gigantopithecus

[OverMyHead]

There really was King Kong, and these ten foot creatures did live alongside humans, long ago. Amazing. Could this be where the idea of Big Foot and Yeti's were formed?

Did you know everyone thought giant apes (called gorillas) were a myth, up until the late 1950's? How about the giant squid? Wow, I did not know that. Interesting, to say the least.

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

 

[OverMyHead]

That photo is pure speculation: it probably looked along the lines of an actual gorilla.

Just bigger.

Nov. 23, 2005 — The world's largest primate, a 10-foot-tall giant with inch-wide teeth, lived in southeast Asia for many centuries alongside human beings, according to a leading researcher.

Exploring remote caves isolated in a densely forested region of southern China, Jack Rink, a professor of geography and earth sciences at McMaster University in Ontario, found fossilized remains of the huge ape.

Using sophisticated fossil dating techniques, Rink determined that the primate, known to scientists as Gigantopithecus blackii, lived between 300,000 and a million years ago. Humans also existed in the area at that time.

"A missing piece of the puzzle has always focused on pinpointing when Gigantopithecus existed," said Rink. "This is a primate that co-existed with humans at a time when humans were undergoing a major evolutionary change."

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=1334307

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

 

[Strange]

If I didn't wax, I would look similar to one of those.

 

[OverMyHead]

Chewbacca is real!!!

lol

 

[Speedball]

And the fear of the unknown begins...

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

 

[mightiest_mortal]

If I didn't wax, I would look similar to one of those.

Me too... only I use Lasers. Theyre more fun t:

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

That is one of the most beautiful paintings I've ever seen.

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

 

[OverMyHead]

That's more like it.

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

 

[Iceman]

That one doesn't look totally real.

 

[OverMyHead]

Kinda looks like Hulk--

or his nemesis.

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

 

[OverMyHead]

That looks like an atrophied Japanese Sumo wrestler..

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

 

[Catman]

Why is Dew obsessed with giant apes

 

[OverMyHead]

I can just see her watching King Kong Extended version day in and day out, daydreaming about Peter Jackson. t:

 

[Catman]

Agreed

Followed by Oingo Boingo music videos.

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

I was planning on just posting the one picture, but OverMyHead got snotty about it, so then I just started posting pictures.

 

[Catman]

I see.

 

[Dew k. Mosi]