The world’s largest ape species Gigantopithecus blacki once lived in the forests of Southern China but went extinct between 300,000 and 200,000 years ago. Click to read more.
The study does not determine on which continent the great ape family first arose. However, fossil records show that Africa, Europe, and Asia were inhabited by several dozen species of great apes between 2 million and 22 million years ago.