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Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Professor in Geochronology and Geochemistry, Southern Cross University

Who would win in a fight between 100 men and 1 gorilla? An evolutionary expert weighs in

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The internet’s latest absurd obsession is: who would win in a no-rules fight between 100 average human men and one adult male gorilla?

This hypothetical and strange question has taken over Reddit, TikTok, YouTube and Instagram. Some argue that humans once hunted mammoths so, clearly, we would win. Others point out that a silverback gorilla can lift close to 1,000kg and could throw a grown man like a rag doll.

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