After flourishing for more than 8.5 million years, Giganto went extinct during the late Miocene period due to human predation and/or environmental change.

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Gigantopithecus, often referred to as "Giganto," went extinct approximately 100,000 years ago, likely due to a combination of climate change and habitat loss, not human predation, as humans and Gigantopithecus did not significantly overlap in time for the latter to be hunted to extinction by humans.

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