Homo erectus is innocent! New Study finds H-Erectus did not kill off Gigantopithecus in Asia
Channel: Eric Dondero, Right-Anthro & Human Origins
Date: 07/02/2024

It's been a mystery for decades in paleoanthropology.  How did Gigantopithecus ultimately meet its demise.  One popular theory was that Homo erectus just killed them off.  The two species lived side by side for 10s of 1000s of years.  So, it was certainly plausible.  

But some new evidence that the Australian and Chinese team of researchers, seems to suggest a more conventional cause of their extinction....  Or, did they actually go extinct?