What Happened to the World's Greatest Ape?

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    Probably twice the size of a modern gorilla, Gigantopithecus is the greatest great-ape that ever was. And for us fellow primates, there are some lessons to be learned in how it lived, and why it disappeared.
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    Thanks to Julio Lacerda at 252MYA.com and Carlos Eulefi for both of their wonderful reconstructions of Gigantopithecus.
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  • @JammyMonkey
    @JammyMonkey Před 4 lety +10124

    this fact that humans are so smart that we have gotten to the point of being able to know what lived before us is mind boggling

    • @zzzzzz69
      @zzzzzz69 Před 4 lety +1315

      JammyMonkey and the intellectual capacity to make dank memes

    • @JammyMonkey
      @JammyMonkey Před 4 lety +248

      ChrisW very true

    • @sahil47
      @sahil47 Před 4 lety +623

      You know what's more mind boggling, we are the only being who can think about what we are thinking from 3rd person prospective. We can also imagine are own self in current state from 3rd person prospective.

    • @WokeandProud
      @WokeandProud Před 4 lety +34

      @jdtrickster4 That as silly as saying praise electromagnetism, or gravity.

    • @itarry4
      @itarry4 Před 4 lety +469

      You know what can be mind blowing. That native people like aborigines tell stories about animals that seem impossible and then the fossil record shows they existed long, long ago and went extinct in the time of early man. So it's possible that the aboriginal ancestors actually encountered those animals and those stories were passed down for thousands of years without to much change.

  • @darkushippotoxotai9536
    @darkushippotoxotai9536 Před 3 lety +5207

    That dude had been constantly chasing me in temple run !

  • @naggedd
    @naggedd Před 3 lety +3179

    I wish I could go back in time and see what the spot where I'm standing looked like millions or billions of years ago

    • @lloydchristmas4547
      @lloydchristmas4547 Před 3 lety +267

      Would be awesome. I'd probably be in the dangerous ocean.

    • @talinite5916
      @talinite5916 Před 3 lety +96

      Same man. I'd be underwater during this period as well (Florida)

    • @ronobo1589
      @ronobo1589 Před 3 lety +56

      I would love to do that, I wanna see the animals

    • @darktrees7565
      @darktrees7565 Před 3 lety +47

      it's most likely that where you were was underwater, or was some sort of forest, if you were in specific areas, a desert, grassland, or swamp

    • @ramiv9953
      @ramiv9953 Před 3 lety +127

      If you go back in time in the same position, you'd be standing in space. The entire solar system (the sun) is not stationary and is continously moving forward in space.

  • @noahtrf1247
    @noahtrf1247 Před 3 lety +1925

    “What happened to the words greatest ape” he’s fighting Godzilla in March he’s got training to do kongs a busy guy

  • @hubblebublumbubwub5215
    @hubblebublumbubwub5215 Před 5 lety +5258

    I just learned about them and I already miss them.

    • @naturebrothers1844
      @naturebrothers1844 Před 4 lety +77

      Hubblebub Lumbubwub I wish they were still alive too

    • @hiti6753
      @hiti6753 Před 4 lety +206

      For at least 100,000 years, humans existed at the same time as them. Can you imagine how crazy that must have been?

    • @backstagemovie0428
      @backstagemovie0428 Před 4 lety +15

      Hubblebub Lumbubwub even though it can probably crush ur skull

    • @Oklahomie_Friendly
      @Oklahomie_Friendly Před 4 lety +12

      Hubblebub Lumbubwub Kinh Luis in the jungle boom was a gigantipithacus

    • @nikkibrookhart1703
      @nikkibrookhart1703 Před 4 lety +44

      @bishes be mad I agree with you. Gorillas won't even attack humans in the wild as long as you follow a few rules..Orangutans dont either. .So I dont think the humans were worried about these apes. I think they had other animal to worry more about

  • @michaelskywalker3089
    @michaelskywalker3089 Před 4 lety +1718

    I love the illustration of the Gigantopithecus chasing the tiger into the river like it was a tabby cat.

    • @gozinta82
      @gozinta82 Před 4 lety +103

      What's funnier is there are 2 separate images from different angles. Like it was a known thing. Tigers were scared so badly they'd rather wrestle huge alligators.

    • @nathanlewis5871
      @nathanlewis5871 Před 3 lety +26

      Auhuhhuu Tigers take on mugger crocodiles which are much tougher than alligators

    • @nathanlewis5871
      @nathanlewis5871 Před 3 lety +19

      Auhuhhuu Wrong, the maximum size of a mugger is 18 feet while an alligator’s is 14 feet.

    • @prehistoriccreature1800
      @prehistoriccreature1800 Před 3 lety +4

      @Crazy Steve
      Ur dumb af. Alligator destroys tiger

    • @prehistoriccreature1800
      @prehistoriccreature1800 Před 3 lety +4

      @@nathanlewis5871
      Dumbass tigers stand no chance even against Mugger Crocs.

  • @jabby6709
    @jabby6709 Před 3 lety +501

    I can't believe Le Monke is extinct...💔

  • @utsavmanandharz156
    @utsavmanandharz156 Před 2 lety +376

    "we have only found teeth and jaws"
    imagine if they were just regular sized monke with massive heads

    • @mynamedoesntfi--6161
      @mynamedoesntfi--6161 Před 2 lety +33

      Well the head can't be so big compared to it's body. The Body and Head need to be a specific size to make sure that their Center of Gravity is at their waste...

    • @dreadlock375
      @dreadlock375 Před 2 lety +26

      @@mynamedoesntfi--6161 nothing gets past you huh.

    • @mynamedoesntfi--6161
      @mynamedoesntfi--6161 Před 2 lety +22

      @@dreadlock375 Let me guess, you found this funny?

    • @theketaminefrog6366
      @theketaminefrog6366 Před 2 lety +27

      Either that, or they were just living jaws, like Pac-Man

    • @mikewhitman745
      @mikewhitman745 Před rokem +3

      @@mynamedoesntfi--6161 so what your saying is giant head, normal body and giant feet?

  • @Reignor99
    @Reignor99 Před 6 lety +1475

    So.. "Planting C4", and "C4 Plants" are two completely different things..
    Learned something new today.

    • @gravefx9437
      @gravefx9437 Před 5 lety +12

      sloop i préfère planting c4

    • @Jason918114
      @Jason918114 Před 5 lety +15

      Words are fun.

    • @atmo-sphere6799
      @atmo-sphere6799 Před 5 lety +22

      Allahu akbar

    • @ricisbusy9657
      @ricisbusy9657 Před 5 lety +11

      Well duh, you need to be "Planting C4s" before you can get "C4 Plants". WE LEARN THIS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Y'ALL

    • @thecollectorsinged113
      @thecollectorsinged113 Před 5 lety

      Can somebody call the counter terrorists in, also call Mihn Lee the "Gooseman".

  • @whitneydouglas4794
    @whitneydouglas4794 Před 5 lety +4585

    I love the silly idea that Bigfoot is actually Gigantopithecus.

    • @jarca2246
      @jarca2246 Před 5 lety +184

      *if it's still alive*

    • @LJ-ej3fv
      @LJ-ej3fv Před 4 lety +215

      @Ryan Lajara That aside, it is not impossible that a yeti could exist, it's just unlikely that it's related to the Gigantopothecus, since it would probably have trouble surviving in the cold heights of the Himalaya Mountains...

    • @aylbdrmadison1051
      @aylbdrmadison1051 Před 4 lety +182

      We don't know with any certainty how silly or not any of that is.

    • @haydenarchambault2927
      @haydenarchambault2927 Před 4 lety +128

      @@LJ-ej3fv Whoever said the cold heights? Why not the lush, jungle himmilayan valleys where most sightings and print finds take place?

    • @danmeyers708
      @danmeyers708 Před 4 lety +114

      They moved to Oregon and Washington like everyone else is doing.

  • @casbio
    @casbio Před 3 lety +70

    “Like nothing you’ve ever seen” I have in fact seen The Jungle Book, so checkmate lady

  • @baldhead8094
    @baldhead8094 Před 3 lety +236

    “We need Kong. The world needs him.”

  • @amsoho75gr
    @amsoho75gr Před 6 lety +3308

    "what does a 500-kg primate eat?" anything it wants...

    • @pauldavies8638
      @pauldavies8638 Před 5 lety +207

      Big bananas

    • @joebama3134
      @joebama3134 Před 5 lety +76

      @Strength of the Wild exactly yooo. I wanna be strong enough to knock a bear out cleaned instead of having a laptop

    • @Adrian-hk8xj
      @Adrian-hk8xj Před 5 lety +24

      haha such an original comment

    • @angelitogumera4082
      @angelitogumera4082 Před 5 lety +8

      Mario And Love Ya PlushMasters a gigantopithecus can kill a fully grown bush elephant? lol of course not. Review your comment. A gigantopithecus is not the strongest mammal on land. Lol you’re dumb

    • @pillowx4473
      @pillowx4473 Před 5 lety +1

      King kongs

  • @periodicart444
    @periodicart444 Před 3 lety +2670

    Imagine wandering in the forests of Asia and hearing a booming “uh oh, stinky” coming somewhere in the forest.

  • @uke4ia
    @uke4ia Před 3 lety +1098

    "What does a 500-pound ape eat?" The obvious answer is "Anything it wants to."

  • @markvlogs1758
    @markvlogs1758 Před 3 lety +210

    "Give me the C4."
    "Wait what? We don't have explosives."
    "Oh I mean the plant."

  • @Reignor99
    @Reignor99 Před 5 lety +3007

    It went extinct because it was eating C4, obviously.

  • @MoonrayDrake
    @MoonrayDrake Před 6 lety +592

    "What do you wanna know about the story of life on earth?" EVERYTHING!

    • @jaywilliams9294
      @jaywilliams9294 Před 6 lety +2

      October sky?

    • @Sebach82
      @Sebach82 Před 6 lety +7

      "Bring me everyone."

    • @binky2819
      @binky2819 Před 6 lety +10

      "What do you mean everyone?"
      "EEVVEERRRYYYYOOONNNEEEEEEE!!!!"

  • @amareyk
    @amareyk Před 3 lety +127

    “Oh, oobee doo
    I wanna be like you
    I wanna walk like you
    Talk like you, too
    You'll see it's true
    An ape like me
    Can learn to be humen too”
    R.I.P King Louie

    • @joatanpereira4272
      @joatanpereira4272 Před 3 lety +1

      Hey, Genghis Khan's pp, how are u doing down there?

    • @justthinking650
      @justthinking650 Před 2 lety +2

      dont worry he survived

    • @stanstanstan2597
      @stanstanstan2597 Před 2 lety +5

      I think they even referenced Gigantopithicus in the live action remake

    • @Statesmensch
      @Statesmensch Před 24 dny

      @@stanstanstan2597​​⁠ referenced? King Louie IS a Gigantopithecus is the live action adaptation

  • @Pezz42
    @Pezz42 Před 3 lety +211

    "The question is, what does a 500kg primate eat?"
    The answer? Whatever it wants.

    • @hugrit4027
      @hugrit4027 Před 3 lety +2

      Bambú, lots and lots of bambú

    • @dejavu666wampas9
      @dejavu666wampas9 Před 3 lety

      Rats. Someone beat me to it.

    • @srobeck77
      @srobeck77 Před 3 lety +2

      Definitely not because it was too slow to catch any prey animals. As this video said, they were plant eaters (like modern apes).

    • @muizrahim861
      @muizrahim861 Před 2 lety +1

      @@srobeck77 apes are omnivores just like their closest living cousins, homo sapien. They'll eat anything that they can grab onto, plants, insects, termites even monkeys too. They need that instant protein.

    • @srobeck77
      @srobeck77 Před 2 lety

      @@muizrahim861 incorrect, gorillas are herbivores, not omnivores

  • @backwardsbrain2255
    @backwardsbrain2255 Před 4 lety +639

    *”oh I’m the king of the swingers, oh, the jungle V.I.P”*

    • @riaramirez4733
      @riaramirez4733 Před 4 lety +37

      "I've reached the top, I had to stop, and that's what's botherin' me"

    • @sydneybrown9239
      @sydneybrown9239 Před 3 lety +29

      @@riaramirez4733 "I want to be a man, man-cub, and stroll right into town
      And be just like those other men"

    • @penguinjordan7890
      @penguinjordan7890 Před 3 lety +23

      @@sydneybrown9239 I'm tired of monkin around

    • @Constantine7564
      @Constantine7564 Před 3 lety +22

      Wither Soldier oh shoobie doo I wanna be like you I wanna walk like talk like you

    • @harrysouter138
      @harrysouter138 Před 3 lety +16

      @@Constantine7564 you see it’s true ooo an ape like meeee can learn to be human tooo

  • @arronwilliams357
    @arronwilliams357 Před 4 lety +1541

    Time Machine: You have Arrived (Computer generated voice)
    Partner: Do you see anything
    Me: yes
    Partner: What is it?
    Me: it's time to leave now
    Partner: Why?
    Me: Remember king Kong?

  • @goodpeople2953
    @goodpeople2953 Před 2 lety +18

    Me at 3am: Aight I should probably go to sleep
    Also me at 3am: Big Monke

  • @UnfoundFilms
    @UnfoundFilms Před 3 lety +17

    I thoroughly appreciate the “wooo-wooo” noise for the scanning animation.

  • @mrmister1657
    @mrmister1657 Před 4 lety +350

    I can’t imagine how cool and terrifying they would be

    • @theultimatechadd3930
      @theultimatechadd3930 Před 2 lety +2

      Imagine

    • @calamorta
      @calamorta Před 2 lety +6

      now imagine a giant chimpanzee

    • @Kryptic_sx
      @Kryptic_sx Před 2 lety

      @@calamortaimagine a gorilla mixed with chimpanzee mixed with orangutan mixed with Gigantopithecus

    • @JubioHDX
      @JubioHDX Před rokem +1

      @@calamorta you mean an angry gorilla?

    • @stowlicters8362
      @stowlicters8362 Před 5 měsíci

      is it because you are blind like your profile picture implies?

  • @GRIGGINS1
    @GRIGGINS1 Před 5 lety +512

    That poor tiger is going. "Leave me alone you big bully!!!" lol.

  • @wileyjackson5124
    @wileyjackson5124 Před 3 lety +44

    The region that it lived in modern South East Asia. Despite having a reputation as being rain soaked and water logged many portions of the region are quite dry and the mountains produce C4 type plants. This fits in with the suspected habitat, and it was most likely a mountain/hill dwelling land creature that bordered on the wetlands. Fun fact, they existed at the same time as some of the earliest known human ancestors of the region.

    • @vanderpraast4938
      @vanderpraast4938 Před 2 lety

      Arebu singaporean or filipino?

    • @jorgemaiz7624
      @jorgemaiz7624 Před rokem

      The Rock Apes of Vietnam.

    • @MayaSlaya
      @MayaSlaya Před rokem +8

      Imagine being a human in that time seeing a 11 ft angry ape face to face 🦧

  • @ishealth
    @ishealth Před 3 lety +8

    Her voice is so pleasant to the ears.

  • @AvailableUsernameTed
    @AvailableUsernameTed Před 6 lety +2916

    Q. What does a 500 kg primate eat? ... A. Anything it wants to.

    • @Burt1038
      @Burt1038 Před 6 lety +246

      Even pineapple pizza?

    • @AlanmanAaron
      @AlanmanAaron Před 6 lety +294

      Especially pineapple pizza, as all living creatures should have the opportunity to.

    • @SlideRulePirate
      @SlideRulePirate Před 6 lety +30

      You got there before me.

    • @RedfishInc
      @RedfishInc Před 6 lety +18

      BA DUM BUMP!

    • @buttdickenz
      @buttdickenz Před 6 lety +137

      Just ask your average american

  • @foolslayer9416
    @foolslayer9416 Před 5 lety +806

    You know, when I went to the zoo, I noticed that gibbons, who are similar orangutans in lifestyle and physique, walk around on their hindquarters with their arms raised over their heads, which I found hilarious. Now the image of a giant orangutan with its arms dangling over its head is just terrifying.

    • @kellywolstenholme8134
      @kellywolstenholme8134 Před 4 lety +71

      Fool Slayer You're just walking through the peaceful woods when all of a suddenly this thing comes up from behind you, walking by. Instant heart attack

    • @pizza6383
      @pizza6383 Před 4 lety +7

      @Corvo@AZ Bigger than Bigfoot

    • @rosielow527
      @rosielow527 Před 4 lety +18

      John Wang Very-Bigfoot?

    • @flowerfaerie8931
      @flowerfaerie8931 Před 4 lety +13

      Orangutans do the same thing on occasion. It’s funny but also kind of weird.

    • @I.am.Sarah.
      @I.am.Sarah. Před 4 lety +3

      Rosie Low Biggerfoot?

  • @stalematesteven7251
    @stalematesteven7251 Před 3 lety +68

    What happened?
    Spotify offered him 100 mil and he left us. 😐

  • @EmmaHornell
    @EmmaHornell Před 2 lety +1

    LOVED this - thank you PBS!

  • @Ctrl_Alt_Elite
    @Ctrl_Alt_Elite Před 4 lety +302

    I still find it mind blowing how we can figure out all this stuff out from just teeth and jaw fossils, but I love science for it.

    • @oscard.lisboa6105
      @oscard.lisboa6105 Před 4 lety +33

      its basically speculation and connecting the few dots archeology offers... basically they guess alot

    • @jackmehoff594
      @jackmehoff594 Před 4 lety +29

      That’s why every 50-100 years half of it’s proved wrong

    • @austinshoupe3003
      @austinshoupe3003 Před 3 lety +26

      Guess is a bad way of putting it. There is a backlog of patterns being drawn from. We are only really aware of the mistakes. The number of times these hypotheses are found to likely be correct is far more numerous.

    • @adraen5942
      @adraen5942 Před 3 lety +22

      @@oscard.lisboa6105 It's paleontology not archeology for starters, and teeth are probably the best source of information you can get. Their size and shape is actually linked to the size of the animal, their structure and remaining chemistry will tell you their eating habits and the kind of environement they lived in, their developement will give you an estimate of the age of the animal and more. Teeth are just a wealth of knowledge. Also as a side note for others, they're no such thing as "half of it gets proven wrong every 50-100 years" knowledge is gained, things are corrected, but it's actually pretty rare when things are discovered to be straight up wrong

    • @oscard.lisboa6105
      @oscard.lisboa6105 Před 3 lety +3

      @@adraen5942 still speculation tho

  • @DretFosria
    @DretFosria Před 4 lety +1150

    The greatest ape that ever lived? Sounds a lot like DK, Donkey Kong.
    He's the leader of the bunch. You know him well. And he's finally back to kick some tail.
    With his coconut gun, he fires in bursts. If he hits ya, it's gonna hurt! DK!!!! DONKEY KONG IS HERE!

  • @agnieszkacz_
    @agnieszkacz_ Před 2 lety +3

    These videos r fantastic and very informative - but I just wanted to add that you’ve such a lovely and comforting voice, a joy to listen to!! :) xx

  • @rokuth
    @rokuth Před 3 lety +19

    I had a problem with one of the illustrations of Gigantopithecus, the one where it is standing there eating foliage. The background looks like a modern day rubber plantation in South East Asia. (I live in Malaysia so it struck me as being obviously familiar) Just look at how uniformly spaced the trees are, and it just sticks out as being planned, not the way a jungle or forest would look like.

  • @SpiderBeetle
    @SpiderBeetle Před 4 lety +490

    We all know it's just King Louie

  • @thes7274473
    @thes7274473 Před 6 lety +161

    I love the thumbnail. Tiger says “nope nope nope nope nope…”

    • @maxpower19711
      @maxpower19711 Před 6 lety +9

      And then humans showed up like stab stab fire burn. and no more gigantopithecus.

    • @_halloeen_856
      @_halloeen_856 Před 6 lety

      Big Falcon Rocket no more climate change came and said "get out of my house" and the street of the universe are dangerous mate

    • @optillian4182
      @optillian4182 Před 5 lety +4

      Shere Khan saw King Louie.

    • @tdog652041
      @tdog652041 Před 2 lety

      Tiger wants none of that.

  • @brandon7024
    @brandon7024 Před 3 lety +40

    PBS: "What happened to the World's Greatest Ape?"
    Me: We invented the internet, I guess

  • @Prak_Giggles
    @Prak_Giggles Před 3 lety +18

    "Plants in hotter climates are called C4"
    One press of a button and half of the southern united states will blow up

  • @nickkraw1
    @nickkraw1 Před 6 lety +15

    I like how they not only teach you the content, they teach you how the content was discovered on this channel, and that teaches you a lot about the anthropological scientific process. It also installs trust and provides evidence for those who might be doubtful.

  • @Johnny-Thunder
    @Johnny-Thunder Před 5 lety +350

    Oh, how magnificus it would be...

    • @adrijenie4105
      @adrijenie4105 Před 5 lety +54

      A gigantophitecus like me~~ can learn to be like someone like youu uuu~~

    • @chloeparent3044
      @chloeparent3044 Před 5 lety +35

      Oobidoo I wanna be like you
      I wanna walk like you, talk like you
      TooOoo

    • @markjasontillerva1855
      @markjasontillerva1855 Před 5 lety +22

      I wanna use that flame just the same as you can do

    • @larryjohnny
      @larryjohnny Před 4 lety +4

      Rather superfluous commenticus

    • @Archimedes_BC
      @Archimedes_BC Před 4 lety

      "A gigantoficus like me..."

  • @TokuNorth
    @TokuNorth Před 2 lety +3

    "and for us fellow primates"
    i bet a lot of Americans just gasped because of that information

  • @LucasDarkGiygas
    @LucasDarkGiygas Před 5 měsíci

    Thanks for the video

  • @nickzaytz5712
    @nickzaytz5712 Před 4 lety +503

    This is ridiculous
    that Gigantopithecus
    would be talkin'
    like Christopher Walken

  • @MP-oi7dz
    @MP-oi7dz Před 5 lety +117

    I don't know about the other 7 billion of us but I'm currently in bed watching videos. Thanks for asking

  • @krissmonte6374
    @krissmonte6374 Před 2 lety +1

    Nice show thank you

  • @ofirivry
    @ofirivry Před 3 lety +3

    hii addicted to eons please keep making more vidios 🙏
    I'd love to hear more on ecological scale history's like kind of a full veiw of a specific ecosystem in a specific time (like north America before human arrival or the middle east before humans left Africa)
    generally full scale ecosystems view 🙏

  • @Rex_Rhett
    @Rex_Rhett Před 5 lety +618

    Big foot has now been confirmed.

    • @recentlychanged
      @recentlychanged Před 5 lety +31

      I've thought for a long time that 'Big Foot, 'Yeti', et al., are just evolved australopithecines. It's been shown, as in the case of the recently discovered living coelacanth, that a gap in the fossil record doesn't prove a species went extinct.

    • @gibberish1014
      @gibberish1014 Před 4 lety +1

      @Jerrol Hale aaarrgh!

    • @brantleyfoster021
      @brantleyfoster021 Před 4 lety +13

      Rex_ Rhett
      I think they are still around, their is alot of places on Earth that is not used or discovered.

    • @todwilliams1249
      @todwilliams1249 Před 4 lety +2

      @Jerrol Hale the wookie is Australia's version of bigfoot called the yowie!

    • @danfield6030
      @danfield6030 Před 4 lety +3

      Brantley - .
      .there are NOT alot of places that are undiscovered

  • @walt776
    @walt776 Před 6 lety +171

    My suggestions for future episodes:
    * The rise of grass and how it transformed ecosystems and animal evolution.
    * Early crocodilians, which were surprisingly diverse.
    * The rise of social insects like ants, wasps, and bees.
    * Entelodonts and "hell pigs."
    * Terror birds.
    * Top five biggest mysteries of the history of life.
    * Just for fun, a history of dinosaurs in movies (now we have another Jurassic Park film coming).

  • @eeJOKERee
    @eeJOKERee Před 3 lety +3

    0:20 there is something about this photo specifically that tigers face that I find too hilarious lmao!

  • @samuela.2747
    @samuela.2747 Před rokem +3

    He lives on in our hearts.

  • @binky2819
    @binky2819 Před 6 lety +438

    Please do an episode on mimicry and aposematic creatures! The fact that some animals have evolved body shapes, colors, patterns and even appendages for the sole purpose of camouflage or signalling of some sort is unbelievably fascinating to me.

    • @IDMYM8
      @IDMYM8 Před 6 lety +6

      I demand this episode

    • @bobclover4634
      @bobclover4634 Před 6 lety

      Dem octopussies tha change in2 uvva animuls n dat

    • @giovannysilva7735
      @giovannysilva7735 Před 6 lety

      binky2819, sounds interesting idd

    • @jakethedog2934
      @jakethedog2934 Před 6 lety

      binky2819
      But humans are the most mysterious animal.

  • @Luminun
    @Luminun Před 6 lety +305

    your way of speaking is very clear

    • @GinoNL
      @GinoNL Před 5 lety +3

      It’s very sssshssssh though

    • @rayplays4u
      @rayplays4u Před 5 lety +2

      except when you say epoch

  • @gnosticdemon1794
    @gnosticdemon1794 Před 2 lety +33

    "What Happened to the World's Greatest Ape?"
    I'm right here brah

  • @aldhiwahyupratama3763
    @aldhiwahyupratama3763 Před 3 lety +2

    love the explanation, including about phytolith

  • @PalimpsestProd
    @PalimpsestProd Před 6 lety +2065

    I'd like to know about the first fungi on land, what they did to land and air, and what they were when they were in the oceans. Thanks for asking.

    • @eons
      @eons  Před 6 lety +232

      Hey, great minds think alike! Look for an episode on this very topic in the coming weeks! (BdeP)

    • @dilo19000
      @dilo19000 Před 6 lety +16

      Hope to see Prototaxites there!

    • @PalimpsestProd
      @PalimpsestProd Před 6 lety +11

      You are the sauce which is awesome.

    • @ooooneeee
      @ooooneeee Před 6 lety +8

      I'm so looking forward to this 😍

    • @mdempsey7128
      @mdempsey7128 Před 6 lety +33

      What did the mushroom say to the other mushroom? ... I’m a fun-guy! Eh? Eh? 🙃

  • @Aquilax_
    @Aquilax_ Před 4 lety +266

    Damn if you lose your teeth they know everything about you
    Edit: corrected my spelling

    • @skooter__
      @skooter__ Před 4 lety +5

      Please explain what 'losing you're thoot' means dude

    • @saurabhshrigadi
      @saurabhshrigadi Před 3 lety +5

      @@skooter__ teeth. Loosing your teeth.

    • @jxguarfn9939
      @jxguarfn9939 Před 3 lety

      TOOTH 🦷

    • @Aquilax_
      @Aquilax_ Před 3 lety +9

      @@samregis3651 Dude calm english is not my first language

    • @breannalowrey5699
      @breannalowrey5699 Před 3 lety

      @@samregis3651 You're wouldn't work anyways. You're is you are. Your is showing possession.

  • @SinnerChrono
    @SinnerChrono Před 3 lety +1

    Great video

  • @roseannsebastian2432
    @roseannsebastian2432 Před 3 lety

    very usefull thank you pbs eons

  • @LemurWhoSpoke
    @LemurWhoSpoke Před 6 lety +182

    Yes… But what about the extinct giant lemurs? Please do an episode on them.
    Also, do one on the very early evolution of primates, including both Strepsirrhines and Haplorhines.

    • @fourdeck33
      @fourdeck33 Před 6 lety +6

      Extinct Madagascar mega fauna in general.

    • @michaelmeining889
      @michaelmeining889 Před 6 lety +2

      For a brief moment I fought you were about to say: What about the droid attacks on the wookies?

  • @wrongway1100
    @wrongway1100 Před 5 lety +1171

    What does a 500kg primate eat?
    What ever the hell it wants to.
    But mostly I see them at the IHOP or Walmart in the cookie section. They seem to always break the auto carts.

  • @monkeyking734
    @monkeyking734 Před 2 lety +3

    The Gigantopithecus blacki is the boss. The orangutan is when u unlock him as a playable character

  • @yarogrigoriev1609
    @yarogrigoriev1609 Před 3 lety +2

    one thing they forgot to say was that a super volcano erupted in that area causing all big creatures to die out in those areas because of ash.

  • @invisiblejaguar1
    @invisiblejaguar1 Před 6 lety +291

    Once again, being a giant sucks when massive climate change happens.

    • @ikerants745
      @ikerants745 Před 6 lety +13

      Leila Smith yet for some reason animals never seem to learn. BEING BIG SUCKS!

    • @mitkoogrozev
      @mitkoogrozev Před 6 lety +7

      A good point about the dinosaurs thriving for so long. We humans are small compared to them and we appeared just 200k years ago, but the way we're going we might be on our way out. So size in this case tells us nothing, when we can be one of the species with shortest existence.

    • @GrahamCStrouse
      @GrahamCStrouse Před 6 lety +4

      Leila Smith It’s an advantage when the climate is colder-large mammals maintain their body temperature than smaller animals.

    • @ronindebeatrice
      @ronindebeatrice Před 6 lety +8

      Graham Strouse You're referring to square-cube relationship, but it has diminishing returns, of course; you will reach a size where your circulatory system is not performing optimally.

    • @kalebsantos72
      @kalebsantos72 Před 6 lety +3

      Ike Rants yes but consider this dinosaurs are awesome

  • @danz9507
    @danz9507 Před 6 lety +225

    *throws banana*

  • @chairmanwario
    @chairmanwario Před 2 měsíci +2

    Imagine walking through the prehistoric jungles of Asia and just hearing an enormous booming “UH OH STINKY”

  • @magmat0585
    @magmat0585 Před 3 lety +2

    "What does an 1100 pound ape eat?"
    I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say whatever the hell it wants

  • @sashawright8953
    @sashawright8953 Před 6 lety +177

    Whoever made jungle book knew this!

    • @genebijou3772
      @genebijou3772 Před 5 lety +8

      You mean the book or the movie? The book talks of orangutan which is highly unlikely since they only live in the island of Borneo and not in India.

    • @NewJoodat
      @NewJoodat Před 5 lety +7

      There is no orangutan in the book

    • @jacobkeary6740
      @jacobkeary6740 Před 5 lety +2

      The new shite movie

    • @markjasontillerva1855
      @markjasontillerva1855 Před 5 lety

      Yeaaaah that's where I heard it :>

  • @floppyseizure8615
    @floppyseizure8615 Před 5 lety +177

    The host kinda has that Deb from Napoleon Dynamite vibe going on.

    • @Chelsea-cc3nw
      @Chelsea-cc3nw Před 4 lety +5

      William Weaver LMAO that ponytail definitely doesn't help 😭

    • @larryjohnny
      @larryjohnny Před 4 lety +2

      Vote for Pedro and Deb!

    • @mrs.schmenkman2858
      @mrs.schmenkman2858 Před 4 lety +3

      Bless her heart, her sinus voice and lisp drives me nuts. I wish they fixed her voice post process

    • @DaDrewinz
      @DaDrewinz Před 4 lety +2

      She could prolly drink whole milk cuz she so skiny.

  • @liam_ashton01
    @liam_ashton01 Před 3 lety +4

    PBS Eons: "What happened to the world's greatest ape!!"
    GODZILLA: He fought me and lost.

  • @starclownproduction
    @starclownproduction Před 3 lety +1

    without looking at the video i can tell you we're still here
    not doing well but still here baby

  • @chaeburger
    @chaeburger Před 6 lety +544

    Could you talk about terror birds or early human ancestors? That would be great!

  • @triasic4457
    @triasic4457 Před 6 lety +54

    Could you guys do a video about the cretaceous polar forest of Australia and Antarctica, or about the Azhdarchidae ? These are subjects that are so rarely talked about and I'm sure you would show how interesting they are.
    I really loved this video, this channel is so good !

    • @JXZ-JAM
      @JXZ-JAM Před 6 lety +2

      THIS.

    • @GkellyJ
      @GkellyJ Před 6 lety +3

      That episode of Walking with Dinosaurs was my favorite! Leaellynasaura is still my favorite dinosaur.

    • @triasic4457
      @triasic4457 Před 6 lety

      same, it was certainly the most original out of the series

  • @stevenperkins7320
    @stevenperkins7320 Před 2 lety +7

    Really getting into the ice age these days. Fun to watch.

    • @thomasraywood679
      @thomasraywood679 Před rokem

      There were a number of ice ages, including one less than 20 Ka, but the Pleistocene is a particularly important one.

  • @joshtheghostgod5853
    @joshtheghostgod5853 Před 2 lety

    Learned more in this video then all my years in school !

  • @MBRSims
    @MBRSims Před 6 lety +9

    Gigantopithecus was also the likely ancestor of King Kong and his species, according to behind the scenes info for the 2005 remake

  • @joevinski1
    @joevinski1 Před 6 lety +668

    Love the videos please keep up the great work !!!!

    • @rgerber
      @rgerber Před 6 lety

      your welcome

    • @xKaiVibes
      @xKaiVibes Před 6 lety

      Joe Vinski best rapper alive yea

    • @ianfarr-wharton1000
      @ianfarr-wharton1000 Před 6 lety

      To bad this video is 20 years out of date Gigantopithecus Black.. 10 years ago they worked out Gigantopithecus Black walked on two legs and its face was more pushed in like a humans face.. And the big one , may of died out only 1500 years ago in south china...Also, some think the story of sun wukong was based on a living Gigantopithecus Black t, This story was written by mocks 1300 years ago..

    • @youtubesubscriptions5206
      @youtubesubscriptions5206 Před 6 lety

      Joe Vinski La Controverse de Valladolid est un livre dans lequel Jean-Claude Carrière parle de la situation des indiens d’Amérique en 1550. A l’époque, un grand débat avait eu lieu afin de savoir si les indiens étaient au même niveau que la race humaine ou est-ce qu’ils étaient des êtres inférieurs. Ce débat fait suite au massacre important des indiens d’Amérique que les Espagnols avaient effectué à l’époque.
      Les événements contés dans La Controverse de Valladolid se déroulent dans un couvent. Dans une pièce, certaines personnes ont été réunies pour débattre de la situation et du statut qu’il faut donner aux indiens d’Amérique.
      On retrouve le frère dominicain Bartolomé de Las Casas ainsi que l’historien et théologien Juan Ginès de Sépulvéda. D’autres personnalités importantes comme le légat du pape, envoyé de Rome, et le supérieur du couvent sont présentes. Il y’a deux camps. Celui de ceux qui considèrent que les indiens d’Amérique ont une âme et celui de ceux qui soutiennent que les indiens d’Amérique sont inférieurs à la race humaine. Il est à noter que cette rencontre a eu lieu à la demande de Charles Quint, qui était à l’époque l’empereur des deux mondes, et du Pape Jules III.
      Le frère dominicain Bartolomé de Las Casas défend la théorie selon laquelle les indiens d’Amérique étaient des créatures de Dieu. Selon lui, ce sont des êtres comme les espagnols et possèdent des âmes comme tous les êtres humains. De l’autre côté, l’historien et théologien Juan Ginès de Sépulvéda n’est pas du tout de cet avis. Selon lui, les indiens d’Amérique ne sont pas des descendants d’Adam et Eve. Il avait même écrit un livre où il défend sa position. La publication de ce livre dépend de l’issue du débat de la controverse. En effet, si à la fin de la réunion, les indiens d’Amérique ne sont pas considérés comme des enfants de Dieu, le livre sera publié. Dans le cas contraire, il ne pourra pas être publié.
      Dans la Controverse de Valladolid, chacun des participants prend la parole pour défendre sa position. C’est Las casas qui intervient le premier. Il parle de la situation des indiens d’Amérique après la colonisation de leurs terres par les espagnols. Il évoque le mauvais traitement qui leur est infligé par les colons. D’après ce qu’il a vu, beaucoup d’atrocités sont commises sur le peuple amérindien.
      Vient le tour de Sepùlveda qui défend sa position contre les indiens d’Amérique. Dans son discours, il affirme que ces indiens sont des créatures que Dieu ne reconnaît pas. Pour lui, s’il y’a la guerre, c’est uniquement par la volonté de Dieu. Donc à ses yeux, il s’agit d’une lutte légitime.
      Les deux personnages ont donc soutenu des thèses opposées. Les arguments évoqués par l’un réfutent les arguments de l’autre. Un fait intéressant dans ce livre est qu’on retrouve une analyse vraiment approfondie de certains thèmes phares. Les indiens étant au centre de cette controverse, tout ce qui leur tourne autour est analysé. On débat de leurs religions, des dieux qu’ils adorent. On aborde aussi leurs potentialités artistiques, les types de maisons dans lesquels ils vivent. C’est en quelque sorte une autre manière de découvrir les indiens d’Amérique à travers le livre de Jean Claude Carrière. Ceci permet à tout le monde de se faire une idée sur ce peuple un peu mal connu.
      Si les deux antagonistes avaient des avis différents, ils s’entendaient au moins sur un fait : toutes les âmes doivent être sauvées. Le salut des âmes était très important et primordial aussi bien pour Las Casas que Sépulvéda.
      Un moment important de la controverse est celui où des indiens sont introduits dans la pièce. Ils sont au nombre de quatre. On retrouve une famille de trois personnes (le père, la mère et l’enfant) et un jongleur. Ils sont examinés sous toutes les coutures. On les fait passer par différents tests. Comme s’ils étaient des animaux, on les sent et on les touche . Il est demandé au jongleur de jongler. Des bouffons sont même introduits dans la pièce afin de voir quel est le degré d’humour de ces êtres. Durant tout les temps que les quatre indiens sont présents dans la pièce, on a cherché à voir s’ils ressemblaient véritablement aux êtres humains.
      La décision devait revenir au légat du Pape. C’est lui qui devait juger si oui ou non les indiens d’Amérique étaient des enfants de Dieu. Il a été envoyé uniquement pour ce but. Les arguments de Las Casas et de Sepùlveda sont étudiés par le légat du Pape. L’intervention des indiens d’Amérique au cours de la controverse, permit au légat du Pape de se faire une idée sur la manière dont ces indiens vivent.
      Avant que le légat du Pape ne prenne une décision, il a écouté les deux partis. Las Casas ayant été lui en Inde a pu donner des exemples de ce qui se passait réellement en Inde. Exemples à l’appui, il a montré de manière très réelle, les atrocités commises sur le peuple des indiens. Il a réussi à démystifier les différentes rumeurs que les gens balançaient sur le peuple indien sans qu’ils ne se soient rendus une seule fois en Inde. Sépulvéda quant à lui, n’ayant pas des exemples concrets s’appuie sur la force qu’il avait d’argumenter et de faire de la rhétorique. Très calme, il défendait sa position. L’un de ses arguments les plus poignants est celui où il montra que les indiens étaient des sauvages parce qu’ils faisaient des sacrifices humains.
      Si Sépulvéda était très calme et menait de façon posée son argumentation, Las Casas lui s’emportait de temps en temps. Il coupait parfois la parole à Sépulvéda pour donner des contre-exemples. Durant la controverse, deux styles très différents se sont opposés.
      Finalement, le légat du Pape donna sa décision. Au nom du Pape ainsi que celui de toute l’Eglise, il déclara que les indiens étaient des créatures divines qui possédaient une âme. Ainsi, il est du même avis que Bartolomé de Las Casas. Les indiens doivent alors être mieux traités et leurs conditions doivent s’améliorer. Mais le légat du Pape sait aussi que cette décision aura d’énormes répercussions sur le plan économique. En effet, les indiens représentaient pour le peuple espagnol une main d’œuvre intéressante et peu coûteuse. Vu que les indiens ne peuvent plus être réduits en esclavage, lé légat du pape demande alors à ce que les colons utilisent les esclaves africains. Les africains étaient considérés comme ayant moins d’humanité que les indiens. Ceci permettra aux colons d’avoir toujours une main-d’œuvre à exploiter. Las Casas n’était pas de cet avis. Mais lorsqu’il voulut intervenir une fois encore, on lui signifia que ce n’était pas le sujet de la controverse de Valladolid.

  • @Engitainment
    @Engitainment Před 3 lety +14

    Hey, Eons team, I have an important question:
    At 0:45, you show an image of some teeth, presumably from a dig site.
    I was wondering if you had the source for that, because I have an unidentified piece of bone that looks Identical to the one in the image, and I'd love to know what it is.
    Thanks!

    • @nagaijo7262
      @nagaijo7262 Před 2 lety +3

      👀👀

    • @JubioHDX
      @JubioHDX Před rokem

      i hope you havent just been sitting on your couch with them on your mantle waiting for a response lol, get in contact with a paleontologist.

    • @arietwigt6031
      @arietwigt6031 Před rokem

      Looks like a herbivore tooth, most likely bovine

  • @JJ-oq3tz
    @JJ-oq3tz Před 3 lety +9

    About 3 meters tall and weight over 500 pounds, this prehistoric primate is twice bigger, stronger and heavier than the modern silverback gorilla. Scientists identified this new-found prehistoric primate as Gigantopithecus, the biggest extinct prehistoric ape in the world and the ancestors of the only great apes left in Asia, the modern orangutans 🦍

    • @js6618
      @js6618 Před 2 lety +2

      500 kilograms lil over 1000 pounds

    • @JJ-oq3tz
      @JJ-oq3tz Před 2 lety +2

      @@js6618 Yeah. You right

    • @harambe9461
      @harambe9461 Před rokem +2

      @@js6618 not just lil, super lil

  • @harmony.enforcer
    @harmony.enforcer Před 6 lety +26

    *Thank you!* I've been reading about Giganthopitecus since I was a kid and I've always wanted to know about it. Honestly, I first thought of it as an oversized gorilla, but now I know! You're doing amazing work.

  • @xxfortnite-gamerxx3765
    @xxfortnite-gamerxx3765 Před 4 lety +149

    Discovery Chanel: its a huge ape that is extinct
    A child: no he just went to the jungle book and became king Louie

    • @MikeCOYS
      @MikeCOYS Před 4 lety +15

      Interesting trivia in the most recent Jungle Book, they upgraded him to a Gigantopithecus, which justifies his large size.

    • @dope9555
      @dope9555 Před 4 lety +10

      Suprised nobody roasted this dude for his name

  • @evanmiller2562
    @evanmiller2562 Před rokem

    The pics at 0:27 and 5:08 of Gigantopithecus chasing the Tiger is so metal!!! \m/

  • @jimmitron
    @jimmitron Před 3 lety +1

    i didn't even watch the video yet and I know they will talk about a Gigantopithecus

  • @cauchyhorizon5983
    @cauchyhorizon5983 Před 6 lety +292

    "Now you might think it's ridiculous
    That me, a gigantipithicus
    Would ever dream I'd like to team
    With the likes of you, mancub.."

    • @AdamYJ
      @AdamYJ Před 6 lety +57

      Kudos to the Disney song writing team for trying to rhyme "gigantipithicus".

    • @chromographia106
      @chromographia106 Před 6 lety +4

      +

    • @itzjacob6460
      @itzjacob6460 Před 6 lety +2

      Beat me too it..

    • @laurenthomas9305
      @laurenthomas9305 Před 6 lety +3

      Scrolled comments 20s in to find the top Louie reference. 😁

  • @xeztan
    @xeztan Před 6 lety +12

    Such an underrated channel. Please do a video on fungi evolution. Mycology is my absolute favorite

  • @12jswilson
    @12jswilson Před 3 lety +6

    He lived on an island then eventually fought Godzilla

  • @surangapremaratna8978
    @surangapremaratna8978 Před 2 lety +2

    Gigantopithecus: I'm the strongest ape to ever li-
    Humans with nukes: Ima stop you right there

  • @jdhall420
    @jdhall420 Před 6 lety +9

    This is one of my favorite past primates! this was awesome thanks!

  • @WilliamLeeSims
    @WilliamLeeSims Před 6 lety +185

    These videos are always amazing. Todays audio and music was especially spot on.

    • @UniqueliAnimationsSN
      @UniqueliAnimationsSN Před 6 lety

      William Sims do you know the name of the music?

    • @MadazMazdas
      @MadazMazdas Před 6 lety

      No the audio is horrible you can hear her mouth moving too much, mic too close or sensitive its very off-putting

  • @strangequark3897
    @strangequark3897 Před 2 lety +1

    Another great episode but I was completely unprepared for how different Kallie's look was 5 years ago 😂😂

  • @stuartharper3968
    @stuartharper3968 Před 2 lety

    Awesome !!!

  • @steveburns9939
    @steveburns9939 Před 6 lety +3

    Just discovered this channel and it is AMAZING! I’m learning so much! Thank you!!

  • @Tperry182324
    @Tperry182324 Před 4 lety +307

    I have one tamed on Ark survival 😂😂

    • @ZEROMT02
      @ZEROMT02 Před 4 lety +21

      Tperry182324 exactly i love them in ark 😂😂

    • @pzl4611
      @pzl4611 Před 4 lety +6

      @@ZEROMT02 not when u use the spyglass

    • @0karyl0
      @0karyl0 Před 4 lety +14

      I have two I make them stand in front of my vault like security guards 😂

    • @Trainer_Verse8167
      @Trainer_Verse8167 Před 4 lety

      Tperry182324 lol same

    • @harpervee
      @harpervee Před 4 lety

      Same, his name is Biggy🤣🤣🤣

  • @DutchFurnace
    @DutchFurnace Před 3 lety +1

    @02:20 "They were able to figure out who their closest living relatives are".
    I'm picturing them going to someones house and knocking on the door to let them know they are the closest relatives to this ape already gone hundreds of thousands of years.
    Edit: Oh it fed on bamboo? Guess we know why it died out.

  • @bufordmaddogtannen5164
    @bufordmaddogtannen5164 Před 3 lety +1

    We are still here

  • @sohrobinator
    @sohrobinator Před 6 lety +7

    This was really cool! I love this Eons series. 👍🏽

  • @davishatler1874
    @davishatler1874 Před 6 lety +110

    It’s amazing how much we can find out from teeth and jawbones

    • @realeyes8199
      @realeyes8199 Před 5 lety +1

      Yes but the way she explains is boring and lecture type

    • @visionz4081
      @visionz4081 Před 4 lety +1

      Davis Hatler I mean yeah but u know how much they got wrong so no it’s not that amazing. It probably looked so much different

    • @jayde-courtneywacker6368
      @jayde-courtneywacker6368 Před 4 lety

      Its evening more amazing that all that evidence could've been wiped out by Chinese people.....

    • @c4call
      @c4call Před 4 lety

      A bunch of theories that people get paid to come up with

    • @samd1405
      @samd1405 Před 2 lety

      @@c4call the tooth science is indisputable and proven. The part that's iffy is assuming you know when it died out when there are so few fossils to begin with. Maybe it just didn't leave a fossil that anyone has found yet for the last 100,000 years

  • @iasongeorgiou4531
    @iasongeorgiou4531 Před 3 lety +3

    He didn’t become extinct. He just finally became a man.

  • @Phobreeze
    @Phobreeze Před 3 lety +1

    A silverback is already huge af, these things gotta be 2-3x the size.