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Gigantopithecus, Asia's ‘King Kong,' died due to climate change [1]

The biggest ape to roam the Earth went extinct 100,000 years ago because the species was not able to adapt to just consuming savannah grass after climate change hit its favoured diet of forest frui

Publication Date: 
06/01/2016
International Business Times [2]
Tags:
Wildlife [3], Climate Change [4], Climate Impacts [5], China [6], Extinct Species [7]

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