Could Bigfoot be a descendant of Gigantopethecus?

At this time, without more specimens of gigantopithicus body parts (all we have are some teeth), and without a bigfoot body, there's no way to determine who is related to whom. They may have very little in common, or they may be one and the same. read more

If Bigfoot exists, sure. But right now this is like asking if rumor is a descendant of a prehistoric animal. read more

So if bigfoot were Gigantopithecus, it would have had to have evolved bipedalism in parallel with this African ape lineage to which we belong. Now, that might be possible, but one would expect the bipedalism of bigfoot to quite different from that of humans. read more

Some Bigfoot hunters say Gigantopithecus is alive and well, hiding out in the forests of the Pacific Northwest. Other Sasquatch enthusiasts, however, point out this is unlikely, as Bigfoot is reported to be a swift, agile, upright walker—not a lumbering, 1,200-pound quadruped. read more