Gigantopithecus
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- proper noun
- /ˌdʒaɪˌɡæn.təˈpɪθ.ɪ.kəs/
- Specialized
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Gigantopithecus
- When Pei saw the fossil, he was able to identify it at once as the jawbone of Gigantopithecus because it had all but three of its teeth still attached.
- Gigantopithecus tooth
- Gigantopithecus jawbone
- Gigantopithecus male
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The next development came in 1965 with the discovery of twelve Gigantopithecus teeth at Wuming, a few hours' drive north of Nanning.
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Sometime near the end of the middle Pleistocene, perhaps 200,000 years ago, Gigantopithecus became extinct.
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One of them was a Gigantopithecus tooth.
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So far, we have been disappointed only by the absence of Gigantopithecus.
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Similarly, human hunting may have led to the demise of Gigantopithecus.
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On a second visit, in 1957, Pei's team discovered the first Gigantopithecus jawbone in place, in a very hard deposit resembling red clay.
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A further similarity between Gigantopithecus and the giant panda is a high incidence of tooth cavities.
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Photo: A cave near the top of the rounded limestone tower at Liucheng, China, has yielded three Gigantopithecus jawbones and nearly a thousand teeth.
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Australian anatomist Charles Oxnard statistically analyzed 735 teeth of Gigantopithecus that were complete enough to be measured accurately.
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Paleontologists uncovered fossil remains of Gigantopithecus in Asia, providing insights into this ancient species.
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Etymology
Gigantopithecus names a real, now extinct ape and comes from Greek parts gigant meaning 'giant' and pithecus meaning 'ape'. That's why scientists gave the name to a very large ape that lived in Asia long ago.