# fossilfriday paleoart watercolour sphinx

One of my favorite genres of paleontology is "crazy big versions of modern animals." Like Megaloceros, Megatherium, Sarcosuchus, and Gigantopithecus.

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2020-02-02

For here's my 2017 of the largest known ape, Gigantopithecus blacki, as featured in the Palaeoartist's Handbook and my upcoming book, Life Through the Ages II. It's sharing the scene with a Homo erectus.

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2019-11-16

Homo erectus (a primitive human) & Gigantopithecus, a 3 metre tall, 500kg giant ape.

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2019-11-07

Here are two watercolour paintings I made.

First, we have an ancient, but also largest of the great apes called Gigantopithecus taking a Homo Erectus under his wing.
Second, we have an Egyptian Sphinx fending off a Griffin near Giza.

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2019-07-24

Gigantopithecus was a real extinct genus of ape that existed from perhaps nine million years to as recently as one hundred thousand years ago. Up to 3 meters tall, it existed in the same time frame and geographical location as several hominin species.

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2018-05-17

For with a certain big ape back in cinemas this weekend, it has to be (necessarily speculative) of Gigantopithecus.

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2017-03-10