Gigantopithecus is an extinct genus of ape that lived in Eastern Asia during the Late Pleistocene epoch around 9 million years ago. Although known only from fossil teeth and jaw bones, it is estimated to grow up to three meters, which makes it the largest known primate. It was a close relative to the orangutan. It is unknown whether Gigantopithecus stood upright like a human or walked on four legs like most other apes, though most assume the latter. Often nicknamed the "real-life King Kong", cryptozoologists speculate that cryptids such as the Yeti or Bigfoot could be a living Gigantopithecus, however according to most paleontologists there is no evidence it survived the extinction nor that the Yeti is even real, let alone it being a living Gigantopithecus. It remains unknown whether they'll find the rest of the skeleton of Gigantopithecus.
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Gigantopithecus was an animal that could have been created in Jurassic Park: Builder in the Glacier Park. It was a limited offer animal, available only during a set time period. It was portrayed as a carnivore and resembled a gorilla, when in reality it was a herbivore that occasionally ate insects and was more related to the orangutan.
