Gigantopithecus Blacki

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[gigantor]

I wonder what @Bill thinks about this.

 

 

[Bill]

The discussion seems to draw from the description (from the book "Other Origins" ) of how the giganto model was made, and the quotes are reasonably correct.  The only error, which Dr. Ciochon made himself, was to say he sought me out, when it was I, looking for anthropologists to team with, found him and made the inquiry about a collaboration.

 

But generally the material in the video is correct. The full scale model was indeed a hypothetical design, given we don't have any fossil material but jawbones and teeth. And it was assumed to be a quardaped, and only posed standing up to show off it's true body size, not to suggest it was bipedal. The one arm was raised to suggest it was standing to reach for some kind of fruit.

 

For the record, I don't consider Giganto as a relative of sasquatch. Based on the PGF figure, I personally think she is a hominid, derived from some relic human form such as paranthapus boisei or early neanderthal.

 

Bill

[vinchyfoot]

The giganto model for bigfoot makes very little sense to me.

[wiiawiwb]

I've never understood the connection between GigantoP and sasquach/bigfoot either.  Giganto was supposed to be this slow-moving, sloth-like quadraped. Everything we've heard about a sasquatch is how adroitly it moves and how blisteringly fast it can be when it wishes to be.

 

 

[vinchyfoot]

16 hours ago, wiiawiwb said:

I've never understood the connection between GigantoP and sasquach/bigfoot either.  Giganto was supposed to be this slow-moving, sloth-like quadraped. Everything we've heard about a sasquatch is how adroitly it moves and how blisteringly fast it can be when it wishes to be.

 

 

 

Aside from the unlikelihood of an almost herbivorous animal surviving the Baring landbridge journey through cold terrain, etc. A humanish offshoot just makes more sense.

[Bill]

The connection between Giganto and sasquatch was based essentially on size. Many sasquatch were described or estimated to be 8-10' tall (based on footprint sizes) and Giganto was the only primate estimated to be 9-10' tall, so somebody made the connection and said "Maybe sasquatch is a relic gigantopithecus. They're the same size." But size is one of the easiest physical attributes to evolve or change, and the other discrepancies of physical attributes (which do not evolve often or easily, like bipedalism) defeat the comparison.