ʻO Gigantopithecus, ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo "giant ape", he kumuhana o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i waena o nā ʻepekema a me nā poʻe hoihoi Bigfoot. ʻO kēia primate prehistoric, i noho ma Asia Hikina Hema ma kahi o hoʻokahi miliona mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua manaʻo ʻia ua kū a hiki i 10 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe a ʻoi aku ke kaumaha ma luna o 1,200 paona. Manaʻo kekahi poʻe noiʻi ʻo Gigantopithecus ka loulou i nalowale ma waena o nā apes a me nā kānaka, aʻo kekahi poʻe e manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia ke kupuna evolutionary o ka Bigfoot kaulana. ʻOiai ka palena o nā hōʻike mōʻalihaku i loaʻa, nui ka poʻe a puni ka honua e hoʻomau nei i ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea nui, huluhulu, bipedal e like me ka wehewehe ʻana o Bigfoot. Hiki paha i kēia mau ʻike ke hōʻike i kahi Gigantopithecus ola?
ʻO Gigantopithecus kahi ʻano ʻāpe i pau i ola ma kahi o 100,000 mau makahiki aku nei. Ua ʻike ʻia nā mōʻalihaku o nā mea ola ma Kina, India, a me Vietnam. Noho ka ʻano i kahi like me nā hominins ʻē aʻe, akā ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kino. Hōʻike nā moʻolelo mōʻalihaku i kēlā ʻO Gigantopithecus blacki Ua hiki i ka nui o 3 mika (9.8 ft), a ua kaumaha a hiki i 540 kilokani (1,200 lb), ua kokoke like me ka gorila o kēia wā.
I ka makahiki 1935, ua ʻike ʻia ke koena mua o Gigantopithecus e kekahi paleontologist koʻikoʻi a me ke kanaka kālaihonua i kapa ʻia ʻo Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald i ka wā i loaʻa ai iā ia kahi hōʻiliʻili o nā iwi a me nā niho ma kahi. lāʻau lapaʻau hale kūʻai ma Kina. Ua ʻike ʻo Ralph von Koenigswald he nui nā niho a me nā iwi i hoʻohana ʻia i nā lāʻau lapaʻau Kina kahiko.
Loaʻa nā mōʻalihaku o Gigantopithecus ma ka ʻāpana hikina hikina o Asia. I ka makahiki 1955, kanahākūmāhiku ʻO Gigantopithecus blacki ua loaʻa nā niho ma waena o kahi hoʻouna o nā "iwi dragon" ma Kina. Hoʻihoʻi nā luna i ka hoʻouna ʻana i kahi kumu i loaʻa ka nui o nā niho Gigantopithecus a me nā iwi iwi. Ma ka makahiki 1958, ua loaa hou mai ekolu mau ma'i ma'i (mau āwae lalo) a ma mua o 1,300 niho o ka mea ola. ʻAʻole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā koena a pau i ka manawa like a aia ʻekolu (pau) i kapa ʻia ʻo Gigantopithecus.
He hohonu a manoanoa ka auwae o Gigantopithecus. He pālahalaha nā molars a hōʻike i ka hiki ke wili paʻakikī. Nui nō hoʻi nā lua o nā niho, ua like ia me nā pandas nunui, no laila, ua manaʻo ʻia ua ʻai paha lākou i ka ʻohe. ʻO ka nānā ʻana i nā ʻōpala microscopic a me nā koena mea kanu i loaʻa i loko o nā niho Gigantopithecus ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua ʻai nā mea ola i nā ʻanoʻano, nā mea kanu, nā huaʻai, a me ka ʻohe.
ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona āpau i hōʻike ʻia e ka Gigantopithecus ua hoʻohālikelike i kekahi mau cryptozoologists e hoʻohālikelike i ka mea i Sasquatch. ʻO kekahi o kēia poʻe ʻo Grover Krantz, ka mea i manaʻo he lālā ola ʻo Bigfoot o Gigantopithecus. Ua manaʻo ʻo Krantz ua hiki i ka heluna kanaka o nā mea ola ke neʻe ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke alahaka ʻāina ʻo Bering, kahi i hoʻohana ʻia e nā kānaka e komo i ʻAmelika ʻĀkau.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 20, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻO Gigantopithecus blacki He kupuna no ke kanaka, ma muli o ka hōʻike molar, akā ua hoʻopau ʻia kēia manaʻo. I kēia lā, ua hoʻohana ʻia ka manaʻo o ka convergent evolution e wehewehe i nā ʻano like molar. Me ka mana, ʻO Gigantopithecus blacki ua hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka subfamily Ponginae a me ka Orangutan. Akā, pehea i pau ai kēia pilikua prehistoric?
Ma kahi o ka manawa i noho ai ʻo Gigantopithecus, Nā Panda Pilikua a Neanderthals noho ma ka aina hookahi me lakou. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻoiai ʻo Pandas a me Gigantopithecus i makemake i ka nui o ka meaʻai like, hoʻokūkū lāua kekahi i kekahi, me ka lanakila ʻana o ka panda. Eia kekahi, ua pau ka Gigantopithecus i ia manawa Neanderthals e hoʻomaka e neʻe i kēlā māhele. ʻAʻole paha ia he coincidence.
Ma kēlā ʻaoʻao, 1 miliona mau makahiki i hala aku nei, hoʻomaka ka loli ʻana o ke aniau a lilo nā wahi ulu lāʻau i savannah e like me nā ʻāina, e paʻakikī ai i ka ʻoki nui ke loaʻa ka meaʻai. He mea koʻikoʻi ka meaʻai no Gigantopithecus. No ka mea he kino nui ko lakou, ua oi aku ko lakou metabolism a pela i make maalahi ai mamua o na holoholona e ae i ka lawa ole o ka ai.
I ka hopena, ʻaʻole maopopo loa inā he mea ola ʻo Bigfoot i mau keneturi, a i ʻole he moʻolelo hou i ka wā Victorian. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka mea akaka, aia ʻo Bigfoot a me Gigantopithecus ma ke ʻano he mea olaola i ʻike ʻole ʻia e ka ʻepekema.
ʻO Gigantopithecus kahi huaʻōlelo e pili ana i kahi primate nui i noho ma Asia Hikina Hema i ka wā o ka Paleolithic haʻahaʻa. Manaʻo paha ʻoe he nui nā ʻano ʻokoʻa pau loa, akā e kahaha ʻoe i ka ʻike ʻana ua ʻoi aku ka nui o Gigantopithecus ma mua o nā primate ʻē aʻe i noho ma ka honua, me ka Orang-utan! Ma muli o ka nui o kēia mau holoholona, he ʻano ulu lākou o nā ʻoki kupuna.
Hōʻike nā hōʻike mōʻalihaku ʻaʻole ʻo Gigantopithecus kahi primate maikaʻi loa. ʻAʻole maopopo i ke kumu i manaʻoʻiʻo ʻia ua hala, akā ma muli paha o ka hoʻokūkū ʻana i kū mai nā holoholona nui a ʻoi aku ka ikaika.
Ua loaʻa ka huaʻōlelo Gigantopithecus mai giganto, ʻo ia hoʻi "pilikia", a me pithecus, ʻo ia hoʻi "ape". ʻO kēia inoa e pili ana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo kēia primate he kumu hoʻomohala o nā apes kupuna e noho nei i kēia manawa ma ʻApelika a me Asia Hikina Hema.
I kēia lā, ua waiho ʻia ʻo Gigantopithecus ma ke ʻano he hōʻike prehistoric controversial o ka Bigfoot! ʻOiai ʻaʻole maopopo ka inoa, he mea kupaianaha maoli nā hōʻike mōʻalihaku o kēia primate prehistoric!
