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Giant Ape Extinction and Could Gray Hair Be Reversible?

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Tech News, News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Why a Giant Ape Species went extinct over 200 thousand years ago and could gray hair be reversible? Plus, this day in history - a special day for one of the most popular modern day book series.  Giant Ape (AP News) Gray Hair (Popular Mechanics) Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Instagram - Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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On today's episode,

0:35.7

why a giant ape species went extinct over 200,000 years ago.

0:42.3

Plus, could gray hair actually be reversible? All that and this day in history, a special day

0:48.4

for one of the most popular modern day book series. Coming up on cool stuff, ride home.

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An ancient great ape species, Gigantopithecus Blakey, believed to be the modern day book series. Coming up on cool stuff, ride home.

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An ancient great ape species, Gigantopithecus Blakey, believed to be the largest known by scientists,

1:05.0

likely when extinct due to climate change affecting its preferred fruits during the dry seasons,

1:10.0

according to a study published by the journal Nature. Renaud Yannes Bwayu, a researcher at Australia's Southern Cross University and co-author

1:12.3

of the study, described the giant ape as just a massive animal, just really, really big, end quote.

1:18.7

How big is it? Well, the ancient species of ape stood 10 feet tall and weighed 650 pounds. For reference,

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