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At three metres high, 'Gigantopithecus' weighed 300 kilograms.

It lived in the forests of south Asia but then, around 200,000 years ago, this giant ape died.

The reason has been a mystery, but a recent report has finally found out why.

The story started when a huge tooth was found in the 1930s.

It was four times bigger than a normal ape's tooth.

Since then, scientists have discovered around 2,000 teeth.

However, dinosaur experts still have few answers about why the creature died.

One author of the report was Professor Zhang Yingqi.

He and his team did some research about the animal's environment - what it was like before, during and after Gigantopithecus disappeared.

And the solution to the mystery was climate change.

The ape was too large to move far for other food so, it ate the unhealthy food nearby.

The result of this was that Gigantopithecus died.

Today, Gigantopithecus' story reminds us of the dangers of climate change.

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