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과학동아 1988년 02호

A few million years ago, however, there lived a still larger species, Gigantopithecus ("giant ape"), that was up to nine feet tall and might have weighed close to 1,000 pounds. The largest land mammal now alive is the African elephant, which stands nearly 11 feet tall the shoulder and can weigh up to six tons. However, about 20 to 40 million years ago, there lived a giant rhinoceros(without ...