Gigantopithecus, wotchedwa "nyani wamkulu", wakhala mutu wa mikangano ndi zongopeka pakati pa asayansi ndi Bigfoot okonda mofanana. Nyamayi, yomwe inkakhala ku Southeast Asia zaka zoposa miliyoni zapitazo, imakhulupirira kuti inali itatalika mamita 10 ndipo inkalemera mapaundi 1,200. Ofufuza ena amaganiza kuti Gigantopithecus ikhoza kukhala kugwirizana komwe kulibe pakati pa anyani ndi anthu, pamene ena amakhulupirira kuti akhoza kukhala kholo lachisinthiko la Bigfoot lodziwika bwino. Ngakhale kuti pali umboni wochepa wa zokwiriridwa pansi zakale, anthu ambiri padziko lonse lapansi akupitiriza kunena za kuona zamoyo zazikulu, zaubweya, zomwe zimafanana ndi kufotokozera kwa Bigfoot. Kodi zowonazi zitha kukhala umboni wa Gigantopithecus wamoyo?
Gigantopithecus ndi mtundu womwe unatha wa anyani omwe analipo posachedwapa zaka 100,000 zapitazo. Zofukula zakale za zamoyozi zapezeka ku China, India, ndi Vietnam. Mitunduyi inkakhala pamalo amodzi ndi ma hominins ena angapo, koma inali yokulirapo mu kukula kwa thupi. Zolemba zakale zimasonyeza zimenezo Gigantopithecus wakuda anafika kukula kwa mamita 3 (9.8 ft), ndi kulemera kwa ma kilogalamu 540 (1,200 lb), amene anafanana ndi a gorilla wamakono.
Mu 1935, mabwinja oyambirira a Gigantopithecus anapezeka ndi katswiri wodziwika bwino wa paleontologist ndi geologist wotchedwa Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald pamene anapeza mafupa ndi mano pa malo osungiramo zinthu zakale. apothecary shopu ku China. Ralph von Koenigswald adazindikira kuti zolengedwa zambiri zomwe zidapangidwa ndi mano ndi mafupa zidagwiritsidwa ntchito mumankhwala akale aku China.
Zakale za Gigantopithecus zimapezeka makamaka kumwera chakum'mawa kwa Asia. Mu 1955, makumi anayi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri Gigantopithecus wakuda mano anapezeka pakati pa katundu wa "chinjoka mafupa" ku China. Akuluakulu adatsata zomwe zidatumizidwa ku gwero lomwe linali ndi gulu lalikulu la mano ndi nsagwada za Gigantopithecus. Pofika m'chaka cha 1958, mandibles atatu (nsagwada zapansi) ndi mano oposa 1,300 a cholengedwa anali atachira. Sizotsalira zonse zomwe zidalembedwa nthawi imodzi ndipo pali mitundu itatu (yotha) yotchedwa Gigantopithecus.
Nsagwada za Gigantopithecus ndizozama komanso zokhuthala. Ma molars ndi athyathyathya ndipo amawonetsa luso lakupera molimba. Mano amakhalanso ndi zibowo zambiri, zomwe zimafanana ndi ma panda akuluakulu, kotero akuti mwina adadya nsungwi. Kuwunika kwa zikwapu zazing'ono ndi zotsalira za mbewu zomwe zidapezeka m'mano a Gigantopithecus zawonetsa kuti zolengedwazo zidadya mbewu, masamba, zipatso, ndi nsungwi.
Makhalidwe onse omwe adawonetsedwa ndi Gigantopithecus adapangitsa akatswiri ena a cryptozoologists kufanizira cholengedwa ndi Sasquatch. Mmodzi mwa anthuwa ndi Grover Krantz, yemwe amakhulupirira kuti Bigfoot anali membala wamoyo wa Gigantopithecus. Krantz ankakhulupirira kuti zamoyozo zikanatha kusamuka kudutsa mlatho wa pamtunda wa Bering, womwe pambuyo pake unagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi anthu kulowa kumpoto kwa America.
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m’ma 20, anthu ankaganiza choncho Gigantopithecus wakuda anali kholo la anthu, chifukwa cha umboni wa molar, koma lingaliro ili lachotsedwa. Masiku ano, lingaliro la chisinthiko chosinthika lagwiritsidwa ntchito pofotokozera kufanana kwa molar. Mwalamulo, Gigantopithecus wakuda imayikidwa mu subfamily Ponginae Pamodzi ndi Orang-utan. Koma kodi chimphona chimenechi chinatha bwanji?
Pa nthawi yomwe Gigantopithecus ankakhala, Pandas zazikulu ndi Homo erectus anakhala nawo m’dera lomwelo. Akuti popeza Pandas ndi Gigantopithecus amafunikira chakudya chochuluka chofanana, adapikisana wina ndi mnzake, panda atuluka mopambana. Komanso, Gigantopithecus inatha panthawiyi Homo erectus kuyamba kusamukira kudera limenelo. Izi mwina sizinangochitika mwangozi.
Kumbali ina, zaka 1 miliyoni zapitazo, nyengo inayamba kusintha ndipo madera a nkhalango anasandulika kukhala malo okhala ngati malo, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kuti nyani wamkulu apeze chakudya. Chakudya chinali chofunikira kwambiri kwa Gigantopithecus. Popeza anali ndi thupi lokulirapo, anali ndi metabolism yambiri ndipo motero amafa mosavuta kuposa nyama zina pamene kunalibe chakudya chokwanira.
Pomaliza, sizikudziwikabe ngati Bigfoot alipo ngati cholengedwa chomwe chakhalapo kwa zaka mazana ambiri, kapena ngati ndi nthano yamakono kuyambira nthawi za Victorian. Komabe, zomwe zikuwonekeratu ndikuti Bigfoot ndi Gigantopithecus zilipo ngati zochitika zamoyo zomwe nthawi zambiri sizidziwika ndi sayansi.
Gigantopithecus ndi mawu omwe amatanthauza anyani akuluakulu omwe analipo kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Asia pa nthawi ya Paleolithic pansi. Mwina mukuganiza kuti mitundu yonse ya anyani omwe anathapo inali yaikulu, koma mudzadabwa kudziwa kuti Gigantopithecus amakhulupirira kuti inali yaikulu kwambiri kuposa anyani ena onse amene anakhalapo padziko lapansi, kuphatikizapo Orang-utan! Chifukwa cha kukula kwa nyamazi, iwo anali mphukira yachisinthiko ya anyani akale.
Umboni wa zinthu zakale zomwe ulipo umasonyeza kuti Gigantopithecus sanali anyani opambana. Sizikudziwika bwino chifukwa chake amakhulupirira kuti zatha, koma n'zotheka kuti izi zinali chifukwa cha mpikisano umene anakumana nawo kuchokera ku nyama zazikulu komanso zaukali.
Mawu akuti Gigantopithecus amachokera ku giganto, kutanthauza "chimphona", ndi pithecus, kutanthauza "nyani". Dzinali likutanthauza kuti anyaniwa ayenera kuti anali mphukira ya anyani omwe tsopano akukhala ku Africa ndi kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Asia.
Masiku ano, Gigantopithecus wakhalabe umboni wotsutsana wa Bigfoot! Ngakhale kuti dzinali silikudziwika bwino, umboni wa zinthu zakale za m’mbiri yakale imeneyi ndi wodabwitsa kwambiri!
