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Gigantopithecus (/ d ʒ aɪ ˌ ɡ æ n t oʊ p ɪ ˈ θ i k ə s, ˈ p ɪ θ ɪ k ə s, d ʒ ɪ-/ jy-gan-toh-pi-thee-kuhs, pith-i-kuhs, ji-; [2] lit. ' giant ape ') is an extinct genus of ape that lived in southern China from 2 million to approximately 300,000 to 200,000 years ago during the Early to Middle Pleistocene, represented by one species, Gigantopithecus blacki. [3]
This mandible and ramus was acquired by Sartono in 1993, and has been dated to between 1.4 and 0.9 million years ago. The ramus portion is badly damaged, but the mandible fragment appears relatively unharmed, although details of the teeth have been lost. It is slightly smaller than Meganthropus A and very similar in shape.
Reconstruction of Gigantopithecus blacki. The largest known primate of all time was Gigantopithecus blacki, most studies often cite heights around 2.74–3.66 m (9 ft 0 in – 12 ft 0 in) tall and weighing 225–300 kg (496–661 lb). [214] [215] [216] Some suggested that it would not exceed 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) tall with a bipedal posture. [217]
By some estimates, Gigantopithecus reached up to 10 feet (3 meters) tall, making it not only the largest-known ape but the biggest primate, the mammalian group that includes lemurs, monkeys, apes ...
Standing at 9 feet tall and weighing up to 660 pounds, Gigantopithecus blacki was the largest primate to walk the Earth. The giant ape — an herbivore with a fondness for fruit — appeared in ...
Xiahe mandible: 160 [109] Denisovan: 1980 China: Altamura Man: 151±21 [110] Homo neanderthalensis: 1993 Italy: in situ: Nesher Ramla Homo: 140±120 Nesher Ramla Homo or Homo neanderthalensis: 2021 Israel: Israel Hershkovitz Maba Man: 140±120 early modern human, Homo neanderthalensis. or Denisovan. 1958 Shaogun, China: Institute of Vertebrate ...
The mandibular symphysis in this case is also compared to that of the fetal and infant humans. As stated in the study, both, the human and chimpanzee, start out with a v-shaped mandible during the fetal stages, but the chimpanzee mandible remains in that v-shape leading to the development of the simian shelf. [10]
In 1986, three fore-teeth and a left mandible with two molars were unearthed along with animal fossils including teeth from the extinct large ape Gigantopithecus and pygmy giant panda Ailuropoda microta. Excavations from 1997 to 2006 have found additional stone tools and animal fossils including remains of 120 species of vertebrates, 116 of ...