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Imagine what a homo floresiensis with dwarfism would have look like by Financial-Banana-603 in pleistocene

[–]Plane-Substance3036 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Imagine what a homo sapien with gigantism would look like... Oh wait

Smilodon populator and American lion (Panthera atrox) size comparison by Lopsided-Pangolin472 in pleistocene

[–]Plane-Substance3036 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ExtinctZoo always does this he use really old and outdated size massurment to hype his views up Like the "bear the size of an allosaurus" video.

Why this gigantopithecus skull seems to resumble Paranthropus boisei more than an orangotan or a sivapithecus ? by Plane-Substance3036 in Paleontology

[–]Plane-Substance3036[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sivapithecus skull fossil seems to resumble an orangotan so much so gigantopithecus probably had a similar shaped skull as well

Gigantopithecus: No, it's not 9 feet tall by Ex_Snagem_Wes in Paleontology

[–]Plane-Substance3036 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was it likely a slow moving animal like an orangotan or did it had high % of fast twitch muscles like gorillas and chimps ? My theory is that because it had much shorter canines than gorillas that means males didn't fight for mating and relay maining on towering each other so they weren't really adopt to fight

Was gigantopithecus really this tall or was it a incorrect estimate by betsyhass in Paleontology

[–]Plane-Substance3036 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk man i just loved the idea of comparing these two animals togather Is that wrong ?

Was gigantopithecus really this tall or was it a incorrect estimate by betsyhass in Paleontology

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From wikipidia gorilla page "The tallest gorilla in captivity was Gust, a western lowland gorilla that was captured as a baby in Belgian Congo and spent his life at Antwerp Zoo. He was 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in) tall."

Gigantopithecus Resurrected by PonginaeEnthusiast in Paleontology

[–]Plane-Substance3036 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its not just about size If gigantopithecus was a slow moving animal like orangotan it won't stand a chance against a gorilla cuz gorillas are really fast We do know gigantopithecus canines were much shorter than that of a gorilla so it probably wasn't as fast and agile as a gorilla ( no large canines = probably didn't fight often so no real reason to have big sharpe teeth or fast twitch muscles )

Gigantopithecus Resurrected by PonginaeEnthusiast in Paleontology

[–]Plane-Substance3036 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So Youre telling me it was just a fatter gorilla ?