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Gigantopithecus was a genus of ape that existed from as long ago as 5 million years to as recently as 100 thousand years ago in what are today the countries of China, India, and Vietnam, placing Gigantopithecus in the same timeframe and geographical location as early hominids, such as Homo erectus. The fossil record suggests that the Gigantopithecus species were the largest apes that ever lived.
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Protecting Bigfoot
Bigfoot investigator Todd Standing discussed his observations of large primate creatures, which his team has videotaped in a remote mountainous area. A kineticist who analyzed some of the video footage said that the creature moved faster than any human could.
Standing believes these creatures are a species known as Gigantopithecus that are primarily nocturnal and particularly skillful at evading humans. Near their "domicile," they use a "day watcher" to keep an eye out while they are sleeping, he reported. Standing is promoting a petition to make Bigfoot a protected species, and the Canadian House of Commons is now considering it.
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