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<h2 id="discovery">Discovery</h2> <h3>Research history</h3> <p><i>Gigantopithecus blacki</i> was named by anthropologist <a href="/facts/Ralph_von_Koenigswald/l30S6IvN">Ralph von Koenigswald</a> in 1935 based on two third lower <a href="/facts/Molar_teeth/gQqDtg4z">molar teeth</a>, which, he noted, were of enormous size (the first was "<i>Ein gewaltig grosser (...) Molar</i>", the second was described as "<i>der enorme Grösse besitzt</i>"), measuring 20 mm × 22 mm (3⁄4 by 7⁄8 inch).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> The specific name <i>blacki</i> is in honour of Canadian palaeoanthropologist <a href="/facts/Davidson_Black/3b85C47k">Davidson Black</a>, who had studied human evolution in China and had died the previous year. Von Koenigswald, working for the <a href="/facts/Dutch_East_Indies/1vl6kw8p">Dutch East Indies</a> Mineralogical Survey on Java, had found the teeth in a drugstore in <a href="/facts/Hong_Kong/4nAf3mqQ">Hong Kong</a> where they were being sold as "<a href="/facts/Dragon_bones/x1dbSl7D">dragon bones</a>" to be used in <a href="/facts/Traditional_Chinese_medicine/51rSRXua">traditional Chinese medicine</a>. By 1939, after purchasing more teeth, he determined they had originated somewhere in <a href="/facts/Guangdong/wvjsjdb1">Guangdong</a> or <a href="/facts/Guangxi/1BIHzs3q">Guangxi</a>. He could not formally describe the <a href="/facts/Type_specimen/mTM1beKX">type specimen</a> until 1952 due to his <a href="/facts/Internment/fMT7HaTK">internment</a> by Japanese forces during <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a>. The originally discovered teeth are part of the collection of the <a href="/facts/University_of_Utrecht/SfvqmD0l">University of Utrecht</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><p>In 1955, a survey team that was led by Chinese palaeontologist <a href="/facts/Pei_Wenzhong/JUc8B9lf">Pei Wenzhong</a> was tasked by the Chinese <a href="/facts/Institute_of_Vertebrate_Paleontology_and_Paleoanthropology/tl7MregM">Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology</a> (IVPP) with finding the original <i>Gigantopithecus</i> locality. They collected 47 teeth among shipments of "dragon bones" in Guangdong and Guangxi. In 1956, the team discovered the first <i><a href="/facts/In_situ/YolKlaCC">in situ</a></i> remains, a third molar and <a href="/facts/Premolar/hSpMTu7a">premolar</a>, in a cave (subsequently named "<i>Gigantopithecus</i> Cave") in Niusui Mountain, Guangxi. Also in 1956, <a href="/facts/Liucheng_County/20FIaCcN">Liucheng</a> farmer Xiuhuai Qin discovered more teeth and the first <a href="/facts/Mandible/1ATEfAQa">mandible</a> on his field. From 1957 to 1963, the IVPP survey team carried out excavations in this area and recovered two more mandibles and more than 1,000 teeth.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> In 2014, a fourth confirmed mandible was discovered in <a href="/facts/Yanliang/KVj6SFCX">Yanliang</a>, Central China.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> Indicated by extensive <a href="/facts/Rodent/mT4m8QJq">rodent</a> gnawing marks, teeth primarily accumulated in caves likely due to <a href="/facts/Old_World_porcupine/rvFgegEQ">porcupine</a> activity. Porcupines gnaw on bones to obtain nutrients necessary for quill growth, and can haul large bones into their underground dens and consume them entirely, except the hard, enamel-capped crowns of teeth. This may explain why teeth are typically found in great quantity, and why remains other than teeth are so rare.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> </p><p>Confirmed <i>Gigantopithecus</i> remains have since been found in 16 different sites across southern China. The northernmost sites are Longgupo [de] and <a href="/facts/Longgu_Cave/RVaIcQoS">Longgu Cave</a>, just south of the <a href="/facts/Yangtze_River/f9A2h4rQ">Yangtze River</a>, and southernmost on Hainan Island in the <a href="/facts/South_China_Sea/WRFXLgIg">South China Sea</a>. An isolated canine from <a href="/facts/Th%E1%BA%A9m_Khuy%C3%AAn_Cave/fWdW7mLh">Thẩm Khuyên Cave</a>, Vietnam, and a fourth premolar from <a href="/facts/Pha_Bong/gWwr21Nb">Pha Bong</a>, Thailand, could possibly be assigned to <i>Gigantopithecus</i>, though these could also represent the extinct orangutan <i>Pongo weidenreichi</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> Two mandibular fragments each preserving the last two molars from Semono [nl] in <a href="/facts/Central_Java/SECs9V0u">Central Java</a>, Indonesia, described in 2016 could represent <i>Gigantopithecus</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> The oldest remains date to 2.2 million years ago from Baikong Cave, and the youngest to 295 to 215 thousand years ago from Shuangtan and Gongjishan Caves.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> </p> <h3>Classification</h3> <h4><i>G. blacki</i></h4> <p>In 1935, von Koenigswald considered <i>Gigantopithecus</i> to be closely allied with the <a href="/facts/Late_Miocene/uygxQEkM">Late Miocene</a> <i><a href="/facts/Sivapithecus/oNX6KTrM">Sivapithecus</a></i> from India.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> In 1939, South African palaeontologist <a href="/facts/Robert_Broom/y6TQ8JC9">Robert Broom</a> hypothesised that it was closely allied with <i><a href="/facts/Australopithecus/hyfqJnsx">Australopithecus</a></i> and the <a href="/facts/Last_common_ancestor/Cbg1YLCV">last common ancestor</a> of humans and other apes.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> In 1946, Jewish German anthropologist <a href="/facts/Franz_Weidenreich/3QQXUQx6">Franz Weidenreich</a> described <i>Gigantopithecus</i> as a human ancestor as "<i>Gigantanthropus</i>", believing that the human lineage went through a gigantic phase. He stated that the teeth are more similar to those of modern humans and <i><a href="/facts/Homo_erectus/5Xqv3CdP">Homo erectus</a></i> (at the time "<i>Pithecanthropus</i>" for <a href="/facts/Java_Man/vtVhDD2p">early Javan specimens</a>), and envisioned a lineage from <i>Gigantopithecus</i>, to the Javan ape <i><a href="/facts/Meganthropus/u2kVwp26">Meganthropus</a></i> (then considered a human ancestor), to "<i>Pithecanthropus</i>", to "<i><a href="/facts/Solo_Man/yVzgHdGV">Javanthropus</a></i>", and finally <a href="/facts/Aboriginal_Australian/DNAQ5z5m">Aboriginal Australians</a>. This was part of his <a href="/facts/Multiregional_origin_of_modern_humans/9dU5VKkd">multiregional hypothesis</a>, that all modern races and ethnicities evolved independently from a local archaic human species, rather than sharing a more recent and fully modern common ancestor.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> In 1952, von Koenigswald agreed that <i>Gigantopithecus</i> was a <a href="/facts/Hominin/SflaMavS">hominin</a>, but believed it was an offshoot rather than a human ancestor.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> Much debate followed whether <i>Gigantopithecus</i> was a hominin or not for the next three decades until the <a href="/facts/Out_of_Africa_theory/SJXAFKMA">Out of Africa</a> hypothesis overturned the Out of Asia [nl] and multiregional hypotheses, firmly placing humanity's origins in Africa.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a> </p><p><i>Gigantopithecus</i> is now classified in the <a href="/facts/Subfamily/2QPtfDS4">subfamily</a> <a href="/facts/Ponginae/yNL7ce6S">Ponginae</a>, closely allied with <i>Sivapithecus</i> and <i>Indopithecus</i>. This would make its closest living relatives the <a href="/facts/Orangutan/UNSyBlk5">orangutans</a>. However, there are few similar traits (<a href="/facts/Synapomorphies/t21GWRl1">synapomorphies</a>) linking <i>Gigantopithecus</i> and orangutans due to fragmentary remains, with the main morphological argument being its close affinities to <i>Sivapithecus</i>, which is better established as a pongine based on skull features. In 2017, Chinese palaeoanthropologist Yingqi Zhang and American anthropologist Terry Harrison suggested that <i>Gigantopithecus</i> is most closely allied to the Chinese <i><a href="/facts/Lufengpithecus/oIMCwItV">Lufengpithecus</a></i>, which went extinct 4 million years prior to <i>Gigantopithecus</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> </p><p>In 2019, <a href="/facts/Peptide_sequencing/omyaIMx1">peptide sequencing</a> of <a href="/facts/Dentine/UMpkJ3UV">dentine</a> and <a href="/facts/Tooth_enamel/ffUMmssl">enamel</a> proteins of a <i>Gigantopithecus</i> molar from Chuifeng Cave indicates that <i>Gigantopithecus</i> was indeed closely allied with orangutans, and, assuming the current <a href="/facts/Mutation_rate/4Y2pGIMJ">mutation rate</a> in orangutans has remained constant, shared a common ancestor about 12–10 million years ago in the <a href="/facts/Middle_Miocene/kJPUC4QK">Middle</a> to Late Miocene. Their last common ancestor would have been a part of the Miocene <a href="/facts/Adaptive_radiation/NdoH2o1f">radiation</a> of apes. The same study calculated a divergence time between the Ponginae and African <a href="/facts/Great_ape/ILn1SYKB">great apes</a> about 26–17.7 million years ago.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a> </p><p><a href="/facts/Cladogram/fWFYhUFo">Cladogram</a> according to Zhang and Harrison, 2017:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><td><a href="/facts/Hominoidea/QdTk4pko">Hominoidea</a> (apes)</td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Hylobates/AeHEmgGI">Hylobates</a></i> (gibbons) </p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Oreopithecus/Bbtjb6Av">Oreopithecus</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Hominidae/ILn1SYKB">Hominidae</a></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Ouranopithecus/wFAaH2wR">Ouranopithecus</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Dryopithecus/H8S3XtU7">Dryopithecus</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Homininae/qht13cx6">Homininae</a></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Gorilla/akNvDd3d">Gorilla</a></i> (gorillas) </p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Hominini/SflaMavS">Hominini</a></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Pan_(genus)/Hm6Aox8c">Pan</a></i> (chimpanzees) </p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Australopithecus/hyfqJnsx">Australopithecus</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Homo/qvJtEBr2">Homo</a></i> (humans) </p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ponginae/yNL7ce6S">Ponginae</a></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i>Gigantopithecus</i> </p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Lufengpithecus/oIMCwItV">Lufengpithecus</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Ankarapithecus/kHacfJgQ">Ankarapithecus</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Sivapithecus/oNX6KTrM">Sivapithecus</a></i></p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><p><i><a href="/facts/Pongo_(genus)/UNSyBlk5">Pongo</a></i> (orangutans) </p></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h4>"<i>G. bilaspurensis</i>"</h4> <p>In 1969, an 8.6 million year old mandible from the <a href="/facts/Sivalik_Hills/YxAB5ce9">Sivalik Hills</a> in northern India was classified as "<i>G. bilaspurensis</i>" by palaeontologists <a href="/facts/Elwyn_L._Simons/feQhoMIy">Elwyn L. Simons</a> and Shiv Raj Kumar Chopra [de], who believed it was the ancestor of <i>G. blacki</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a> This bore resemblance to a molar discovered in 1915 in the Pakistani <a href="/facts/Pothohar_Plateau/cn74MV1E">Pothohar Plateau</a> then classified as "<i><a href="/facts/Dryopithecus/H8S3XtU7">Dryopithecus</a> giganteus</i>". Von Koenigswald reclassified "<i>D. giganteus</i>" in 1950 into its own genus, <i><a href="/facts/Indopithecus/6c8lCxo4">Indopithecus</a></i>, but this was changed again in 1979 to "<i>G. giganteus</i>" by American anthropologists Frederick Szalay and Eric Delson<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a> until <i>Indopithecus</i> was resurrected in 2003 by Australian anthropologist David W. Cameron [d].<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a> "<i>G. bilaspurensis</i>" is now considered a <a href="/facts/Taxonomic_synonym/BHLdox7E">synonym</a> of <i>Indopithecus giganteus</i>, leaving <i>Gigantopithecus</i> <a href="/facts/Monotypic/QvoM9aGP">monotypic</a> (with only one species), <i>G. blacki</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="description">Description</h2> <h3>Size</h3> <p>Total size estimates are highly speculative because only tooth and jaw elements are known. Molar size and total body weight do not always correlate, such as in the case of <a href="/facts/Postcanine_megadontia/B0S1HnPy">postcanine megadontia</a> hominins (small-bodied primates exhibiting massive molars and thick enamel).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a> Still, <i>Gigantopithecus</i> is normally reconstructed as the biggest primate ever recorded.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>In 1946, Weidenreich hypothesised that <i>Gigantopithecus</i> was twice the size of male gorillas.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a></li> <li>In 1957, Pei estimated a total height of about 3.7 m (12 feet).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a></li> <li>In 1970, Simons and American palaeontologist Peter Ettel approximated a height of almost 2.7 m (9 feet) and a weight of up to 270 kg (600 pounds), which is about 40% heavier than the average male gorilla.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a></li> <li>In 1978, David P. Willoughby estimated a height of 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) and a weight of 250 kg (550 lb).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a></li> <li>In 1979, American anthropologist Alfred E. Johnson Jr. used the dimensions of gorillas to estimate a <a href="/facts/Femur/uVyTwj4l">femur</a> length of 54.4 cm (1 ft 9 in) and <a href="/facts/Humerus/9h0R2GuY">humerus</a> length of 62.7 cm (2 ft 1 in) for <i>Gigantopithecus</i>, about 20–25% longer than those of gorillas.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a></li> <li>In 2017, Chinese palaeoanthropologist Yingqi Zhang and American anthropologist Terry Harrison suggested a body mass of 200–300 kg (440–660 pounds), though conceded that it is impossible to obtain a reliable body mass estimate without more complete remains.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a></li> <li>In 2019, R. J. Hawley from the <a href="/facts/Tate_Geological_Museum/AYPq8f8B">Tate Geological Museum</a> wrote that it is unreasonable to reconstruct <i>Gigantopithecus</i> with bipedal standing height over 230 cm (7 ft 7 in).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a></li></ul> <p>The average maximum length of the upper <a href="/facts/Canine_tooth/p3mRABtg">canines</a> for presumed males and females are 21.1 mm (3⁄4 inch) and 15.4 mm (1⁄2 inch), respectively, and Mandible III (presumed male) is 40% larger than Mandible I (presumed female). These imply <a href="/facts/Sexual_dimorphism/nx9wulFy">sexual dimorphism</a>, with males being larger than females. Such a high degree of dimorphism is only surpassed by gorillas among modern apes in canine size, and is surpassed by none for mandibular disparity.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a> </p> <h3>Teeth and jaws</h3> <p>Like other apes, <i>Gigantopithecus</i> had a <a href="/facts/Dental_formula/yMEdzfHh">dental formula</a> of 2.1.2.32.1.2.3, with two <a href="/facts/Incisor/GSvkE9Tg">incisors</a>, one canine, two premolars, and three molars in each half of the jaw for both jaws.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43"><sup>43</sup></a> The canines, due to a lack of honing facets (which keep them sharp) and their overall stoutness, have been suggested to have functioned like premolars and molars (cheek teeth). Like other apes with enlarged molars, the incisors of <i>Gigantopithecus</i> are reduced.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44"><sup>44</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45"><sup>45</sup></a> Wearing on the tongue-side of the incisors (the lingual face), which can extend as far down as the <a href="/facts/Tooth_root/PGKFwUSD">tooth root</a>, suggests an <a href="/facts/Underbite/8EPNc6o1">underbite</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46"><sup>46</sup></a> Overall mandibular anatomy and tooth wearing suggests a side-to-side movement of the jaw while chewing (lateral excursion).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47"><sup>47</sup></a> The incisors and canines have extremely long tooth roots, at least double the length of the <a href="/facts/Tooth_crown/9dfspcrv">tooth crown</a> (the visible part of the tooth). These teeth were closely packed together.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:48" href="#fn:48"><sup>48</sup></a> </p><p>In the upper jaw, the average size of the 1st premolar (P3), 2nd premolar (P4), 1st and 2nd molar (which are difficult to distinguish, M1/2), and 3rd molar (M3) are:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:49" href="#fn:49"><sup>49</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>P3 20.3 mm × 15.2 mm (13⁄16 by 19⁄32 inch) in surface area</li> <li>P4 15.2 mm × 16.4 mm (19⁄32 by 21⁄32 inch)</li> <li>M1/2 19.8 mm × 17.5 mm (25⁄32 by 11⁄16 inch)</li> <li>M3 20.3 mm × 17.3 mm (13⁄16 by 11⁄16 inch).</li></ul> <p>In the lower jaw:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:50" href="#fn:50"><sup>50</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>P3 15.1 mm × 20.3 mm (19⁄32 by 13⁄16 inch)</li> <li>P4 13.7 mm × 20.3 mm (17⁄32 by 13⁄16 inch)</li> <li>M1/2 18.1 mm × 20.8 mm (23⁄32 by 13⁄16 inch),</li> <li>M3 16.9 mm × 19.6 mm (21⁄32 by 25⁄32 inch).</li></ul> <p>The molars are the biggest of any known ape.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:51" href="#fn:51"><sup>51</sup></a> Teeth continually evolved to become larger and larger.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:52" href="#fn:52"><sup>52</sup></a> The premolars are high-crowned, and the lower have two tooth roots, whereas the upper have three. The lower molars are low-crowned, long and narrow, and waist at the midline—which is more pronounced in the lower molars—with low-lying and bulbous cusps and rounded-off crests.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:53" href="#fn:53"><sup>53</sup></a> </p> <p>The tooth enamel on the molars is in absolute measure the thickest of any known ape, averaging 2.5–2.9 mm (3⁄32–1⁄8 inch) in three different molars, and over 6 mm (1⁄4 inch) on the tongue-side (lingual) cusps of an upper molar.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:54" href="#fn:54"><sup>54</sup></a> This has attracted comparisons with the extinct <i><a href="/facts/Paranthropus/7R9W8ABU">Paranthropus</a></i> hominins, which had extremely large molars and thick enamel for their size.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:55" href="#fn:55"><sup>55</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:56" href="#fn:56"><sup>56</sup></a> However, in relation to the tooth's size, enamel thickness for <i>Gigantopithecus</i> overlaps with that of several other living and extinct apes. Like orangutans and potentially all pongines (though unlike African apes) the <i>Gigantopithecus</i> molar had a large and flat (tabular) grinding surface, with an even enamel coating, and short dentine horns (the areas of the dentine layer which project upwards into the top enamel layer).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:57" href="#fn:57"><sup>57</sup></a> The molars are the most <a href="/facts/Hypsodont/XQXKArlL">hypsodont</a> (where the enamel extends beyond the gums) of any ape.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:58" href="#fn:58"><sup>58</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="palaeobiology">Palaeobiology</h2> <h3>Diet</h3> <p><i>Gigantopithecus</i> is considered to have been a <a href="/facts/Herbivore/me4YFdQA">herbivore</a>. <a href="/facts/Isotope_analysis/kxBYdcbT">Carbon-13 isotope analysis</a> suggests consumption of <a href="/facts/C3_carbon_fixation/HdWBsswk">C3</a> plants, such as fruits, leaves, and other forest plants.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:59" href="#fn:59"><sup>59</sup></a> The robust mandible of <i>Gigantopithecus</i> indicates it was capable of resisting high strains while chewing through tough or hard foods. However, the same mandibular anatomy is typically seen in modern apes which primarily eat soft leaves (<a href="/facts/Folivore/ANbmpaPa">folivores</a>) or seeds (<a href="/facts/Granivore/4Cbuef4k">granivores</a>). <i>Gigantopithecus</i> teeth have a markedly lower rate of pitting (caused by eating small, hard objects) than orangutans, more similar to the rate seen in <a href="/facts/Chimpanzee/JXSpFsHy">chimpanzees</a>, which could indicate a similarly <a href="/facts/Generalist_and_specialist_species/HBajVhNJ">generalist diet</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:60" href="#fn:60"><sup>60</sup></a> </p><p>The molar-like premolars, large molars, and long rooted cheeked teeth could point to chewing, crushing, and grinding of bulky and fibrous materials.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:61" href="#fn:61"><sup>61</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:62" href="#fn:62"><sup>62</sup></a> Thick enamel would suggest a diet of abrasive items, such as dirt particles on food gathered near or on the ground (like <a href="/facts/Bamboo_shoot/51PnuX6D">bamboo shoots</a>).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:63" href="#fn:63"><sup>63</sup></a> Similarly, oxygen isotope analysis suggests <i>Gigantopithecus</i> consumed more low-lying plants such as stems, roots, and grasses than orangutans. <a href="/facts/Dental_calculus/nsvBI3Hz">Dental calculus</a> indicates the consumption of <a href="/facts/Tuber/wGw2Sbag">tubers</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:64" href="#fn:64"><sup>64</sup></a> <i>Gigantopithecus</i> does not appear to have consumed the commonplace savanna grasses (<a href="/facts/C4_carbon_fixation/2dLTxsae">C4</a> plants).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:65" href="#fn:65"><sup>65</sup></a> Nonetheless, in 1990, a few opal <a href="/facts/Phytolith/ArjDG3EI">phytoliths</a> adhering to four teeth from <i>Gigantopithecus</i> Cave were identified to have originated from grasses; though, the majority of phytoliths resemble the hairs of <a href="/facts/Fig_family/nFn8SjK7">fig family</a> fruits, which include <a href="/facts/Common_fig/vjBvExXl">figs</a>, <a href="/facts/Mulberry/F2Kr7Lr5">mulberry</a>, <a href="/facts/Breadfruit/5Ggtr0gx">breadfruit</a> and <a href="/facts/Banyan/q3qLlmQ6">banyan</a>. This suggests that fruit was a significant dietary component for at least this population of <i>Gigantopithecus</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:66" href="#fn:66"><sup>66</sup></a> </p><p>The 400,000–320,000-year-old <a href="/facts/Middle_Pleistocene/UIH3W1Uk">Middle Pleistocene</a> teeth from <a href="/facts/Hejiang_County/mq6K8TRc">Hejiang Cave</a> in southeastern China (near the time of extinction) show some differences from <a href="/facts/Early_Pleistocene/jPp2Cn7a">Early Pleistocene</a> material from other sites, which could potentially indicate that the Hejiang <i>Gigantopithecus</i> were a specialised form adapting to a changing environment with different food resources. The Hejiang teeth display a less level (more crenulated) outer enamel surface due to the presence of secondary crests emanating from the <a href="/facts/Cusp_(anatomy)/s3rL9ldd">paracone</a> and <a href="/facts/Cusp_(anatomy)/s3rL9ldd">protocone</a> on the side of the molar closer to the midline (medially), as well as sharper major crests. That is, the teeth are not as flat.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:67" href="#fn:67"><sup>67</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:68" href="#fn:68"><sup>68</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:69" href="#fn:69"><sup>69</sup></a> </p><p>In 1957, based on hoofed animal remains in a cave located in a seemingly inaccessible mountain, Pei had believed that <i>Gigantopithecus</i> was a cave-dwelling predator and carried these animals in.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:70" href="#fn:70"><sup>70</sup></a> This hypothesis is no longer considered viable because its dental anatomy is consistent with herbivory.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:71" href="#fn:71"><sup>71</sup></a> In 1975, American palaeoanthropologist <a href="/facts/Tim_D._White/If0THl5l">Tim D. White</a> drew similarities between the jaws and dentition of <i>Gigantopithecus</i> and those of the <a href="/facts/Giant_panda/BMbbMGg7">giant panda</a>, and suggested they both occupied the same <a href="/facts/Ecological_niche/YnhNkL2e">niche</a> as <a href="/facts/Bamboo/wGPJ2cEA">bamboo</a> specialists.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:72" href="#fn:72"><sup>72</sup></a> This garnered support from some subsequent researchers, but thicker enamel and <a href="/facts/Hypsodont/XQXKArlL">hypsodonty</a> in <i>Gigantopithecus</i> could suggest different functionality for these teeth.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:73" href="#fn:73"><sup>73</sup></a> </p><p>The species' reliance on barks and twigs for nutrition led to its demise.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:74" href="#fn:74"><sup>74</sup></a> </p> <h3>Growth</h3> <p>A <i>Gigantopithecus</i> permanent third molar, based on an approximate 600–800 days required for the enamel on the <a href="/facts/Cusp_(anatomy)/s3rL9ldd">cusps</a> to form (which is quite long), was estimated to have taken four years to form, which is within the range (albeit, far upper range) of what is exhibited in humans and chimpanzees. Like many other fossil apes, the rate of enamel formation near the enamel-dentine junction (dentine is the nerve-filled layer beneath the enamel) was estimated to begin at about 4 μm per day; this is seen in only baby teeth for modern apes.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:75" href="#fn:75"><sup>75</sup></a> </p><p>Protein sequencing of <i>Gigantopithecus</i> enamel identified <a href="/facts/Alpha-2-HS-glycoprotein/qnJoVSGq">alpha-2-HS-glycoprotein</a> (AHSG), which, in modern apes, is important in bone and dentine mineralisation. Because it was found in enamel, and not dentine, AHSG may have been an additional component in <i>Gigantopithecus</i> which facilitated <a href="/facts/Biomineralisation/m5mGPaTM">biomineralisation</a> of enamel during prolonged <a href="/facts/Amelogenesis/20HVs2lE">amelogenesis</a> (enamel growth).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:76" href="#fn:76"><sup>76</sup></a> </p> <h3>Pathology</h3> <p><i>Gigantopithecus</i> molars have a high <a href="/facts/Tooth_decay/trECbk2z">cavity</a> rate of 11%, which could mean fruit was commonly included in its diet.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:77" href="#fn:77"><sup>77</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:78" href="#fn:78"><sup>78</sup></a> The molars from <i>Gigantopithecus</i> Cave frequently exhibit <a href="/facts/Pitting_enamel_hypoplasia/AuJNu5Ka">pitting enamel hypoplasia</a>, where the enamel improperly forms with pits and grooves. This can be caused by malnutrition during growth years, which could point to periodic food shortages, though it can also be induced by other factors.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:79" href="#fn:79"><sup>79</sup></a> Specimen PA1601-1 from Yanliang Cave shows evidence of tooth loss of the right second molar before the eruption of the neighboring third molar (which grew slantedly), which suggests this individual was able to survive for a long time despite impaired chewing abilities.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:80" href="#fn:80"><sup>80</sup></a> </p> <h3>Society</h3> <p>The high levels of sexual dimorphism could indicate relatively intense male–male competition, though considering the upper canines only projected slightly farther than the cheek teeth, canine display was probably not very important in agonistic behaviour, unlike modern non-human apes.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:81" href="#fn:81"><sup>81</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="palaeoecology">Palaeoecology</h2> <p><i>Gigantopithecus</i> remains are generally found in what were subtropical <a href="/facts/Evergreen_forest/MFmRRUcR">evergreen broadleaf forest</a> in South China, except in <a href="/facts/Hainan/wUWoHo1V">Hainan</a> which featured a <a href="/facts/Tropical_rainforest/jTGAqqk5">tropical rainforest</a>. Carbon and oxygen isotope analysis of Early Pleistocene enamel suggests <i>Gigantopithecus</i> inhabited dense, humid, closed-canopy forest. Queque Cave featured a mixed deciduous and evergreen forest dominated by <a href="/facts/Birch/XG0bl0GF">birch</a>, <a href="/facts/Oak/1NJJzkzB">oak</a>, and <a href="/facts/Castanopsis/P3vNbThJ">chinkapin</a>, as well as several low-lying <a href="/facts/Herb/EKCltNNF">herbs</a> and <a href="/facts/Fern/e6Cngdyo">ferns</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:82" href="#fn:82"><sup>82</sup></a> </p><p>The "<i>Gigantopithecus</i> <a href="/facts/Fauna/sMqPFxVD">fauna</a>", one of the most important mammalian faunal groups of the Early Pleistocene of southern China, includes tropical or subtropical forest species. This group has been subdivided into three stages spanning 2.6–1.8 million years ago, 1.8–1.2 million years ago, and 1.2–0.8 million years ago. The early stage is characterised by more ancient <a href="/facts/Neogene/zUJxvjuH">Neogene</a> animals such as the <a href="/facts/Gomphothere/kqjTTu6m">gomphotheriid</a> proboscidean (relative of elephants) <i><a href="/facts/Sinomastodon/f5nk6rMG">Sinomastodon</a></i>, the <a href="/facts/Chalicothere/l04wY2d2">chalicothere</a> <i><a href="/facts/Hesperotherium/Cft8BHBp">Hesperotherium</a></i>, the suid <i><a href="/facts/Hippopotamodon/dnfIFAFa">Hippopotamodon</a></i>, the <a href="/facts/Tragulid/mTgrQobj">tragulid</a> <i>Dorcabune </i> [it], and the deer <i><a href="/facts/Cervavitus/eB0VrKVb">Cervavitus</a></i>. The middle stage is indicated by the appearance of the panda <i><a href="/facts/Ailuropoda_wulingshanensis/Ey5enbFv">Ailuropoda wulingshanensis</a></i>, the <a href="/facts/Dhole/3t7I7G6a">dhole</a> <i><a href="/facts/Ussuri_dhole/1wEvy0uL">Cuon antiquus</a></i>, and the <a href="/facts/Tapir/FHt3a1Yj">tapir</a> <i>Tapirus sinensis</i>. The late stage features more typical Middle Pleistocene animals such as the panda <i><a href="/facts/Ailuropoda_baconi/Y2A3CY60">Ailuropoda baconi</a></i> and the <a href="/facts/Stegodontidae/Ibbtdd5U">stegodontid</a> proboscidean <i><a href="/facts/Stegodon/pl979dVL">Stegodon</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:83" href="#fn:83"><sup>83</sup></a> Other classic animals typically include orangutans, <a href="/facts/Macaque/r2tPXVFu">macaques</a>, <a href="/facts/Rhinoceros_(genus)/c5pNk63H">rhinos</a>, the extinct pigs <i>Sus xiaozhu</i> and <i>Sus peii</i>, <a href="/facts/Muntjac/0kYy2IRv">muntjac</a>, <i><a href="/facts/Cervus/kUwWn9I3">Cervus</a></i> (a deer), <a href="/facts/Gaur/VD0yjaR1">gaur</a> (a cow), the <a href="/facts/Bovid/pUVW36Nh">bovid</a> <i><a href="/facts/Megalovis/jfHmqxFR">Megalovis</a></i>, and more rarely the large <a href="/facts/Saber-toothed_cat/29SyW7vn">saber-toothed cat</a> <i><a href="/facts/Megantereon/qWBJmnwu">Megantereon</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:84" href="#fn:84"><sup>84</sup></a> In 2009, American palaeoanthropologist <a href="/facts/Russell_Ciochon/jBqPxm4z">Russell Ciochon</a> hypothesised an undescribed, chimp-sized ape he identified from a few teeth coexisted with <i>Gigantopithecus</i>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:85" href="#fn:85"><sup>85</sup></a> which in 2019 was identified as the closely related <i><a href="/facts/Meganthropus/u2kVwp26">Meganthropus</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:86" href="#fn:86"><sup>86</sup></a> Longgudong Cave may have represented a transitional zone between the <a href="/facts/Palearctic_realm/DqwBQMyP">Palaearctic</a> and <a href="/facts/Oriental_realm/GHK7p0aW">Oriental</a> realms, featuring, alongside the typical <i>Gigantopithecus</i> fauna, more <a href="/facts/Taiga/xjkPQRJs">boreal</a> animals such as <a href="/facts/Erinaceus/FaNbxF1S">hedgehogs</a>, <a href="/facts/Pachycrocuta/7eKXJcBl">hyenas</a>, <a href="/facts/Equus_(genus)/LARkRzsr">horses</a>, the bovid <i><a href="/facts/Leptobos/qEGeTQn0">Leptobos</a></i>, and <a href="/facts/Pika/4VMuW8TH">pikas</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:87" href="#fn:87"><sup>87</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="extinction">Extinction</h2> <p><i>Gigantopithecus</i> fossil sites range across Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan and Hubei Provinces, but those post-dating about 400,000 years ago are only known from Guangxi. Its youngest definitive remains in China are roughly 295,000 to 215,000 years old.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:88" href="#fn:88"><sup>88</sup></a> Two possible teeth (PIN 5792/439 and PIN 5792/490) have been reported from the <a href="/facts/Late_Pleistocene/jKVh7yXL">Late Pleistocene</a> deposit in Vietnam,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:89" href="#fn:89"><sup>89</sup></a> but this record has been subsequently suggested to instead represent a Chinese orangutan (<i>Pongo weidenreichi</i>).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:90" href="#fn:90"><sup>90</sup></a> The extinction of <i>Gigantopithecus</i> correlates with a cooling trend marked by intensifying seasonality and <a href="/facts/Monsoon/0a2o484v">monsoon</a> strength in the region, which led to the encroachment of rainforests by open grasslands.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:91" href="#fn:91"><sup>91</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:92" href="#fn:92"><sup>92</sup></a> Because <i>Gigantopithecus</i> teeth dating to this time show evidence of dietary shifts and chronic nutritional stress, it may have been less successful at adapting to these environmental stressors compared to contemporary great apes — namely <i>Pongo weidenreichi</i> and <i><a href="/facts/Homo/qvJtEBr2">Homo</a></i> — which could have led to its extinction.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:93" href="#fn:93"><sup>93</sup></a> Similarly, <i>Gigantopithecus</i> seems to only have been consuming C3 forest plants, instead of the C4 savannah plants which were becoming more common during this time.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:94" href="#fn:94"><sup>94</sup></a> Savannas remained the dominant habitat of Southeast Asia until the Late Pleistocene.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:95" href="#fn:95"><sup>95</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:96" href="#fn:96"><sup>96</sup></a> </p><p>Human activity in southern China is known as early as 800,000 years ago but does not become prevalent until after the extinction of <i>Gigantopithecus</i>, so it is unclear if pressures such as competition over resources or overhunting were factors.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:97" href="#fn:97"><sup>97</sup></a> Zhang et al. in 2024 suggested that there is no evidence of any archaic hominin involvement in the early extinctions of the Pleistocene of southern China.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:98" href="#fn:98"><sup>98</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="cryptozoology">Cryptozoology</h2> <p><i>Gigantopithecus</i> has been used in <a href="/facts/Cryptozoology/5qxHsDSL">cryptozoology</a> circles as the identity of the Tibetan <a href="/facts/Yeti/7pCf23UB">yeti</a> or American <a href="/facts/Bigfoot/htf6c98P">bigfoot</a>, apelike monsters in local folklore. This began in 1960 with zoologist Wladimir Tschernezky, briefly describing in the journal <i><a href="/facts/Nature_(journal)/XmlJXkFx">Nature</a></i> a 1951 photograph of alleged yeti tracks taken by Himalayan mountaineers <a href="/facts/Michael_Ward_(mountaineer)/rJJM4Iej">Michael Ward</a> and <a href="/facts/Eric_Shipton/82lhcDm4">Eric Shipton</a>. Tschernezky concluded that the yeti walked like a human and was similar to <i>Gigantopithecus</i>. Subsequently, the yeti attracted short-lived scientific attention, with several more authors publishing in <i>Nature</i> and <i><a href="/facts/Science_(journal)/uTyzjkwD">Science</a></i>, but this also incited a popular monster hunting following for both the yeti and the similar American bigfoot which has persisted into the present day. The only scientist who continued trying to prove such monsters exist was anthropologist <a href="/facts/Grover_Krantz/HnVxCIUk">Grover Krantz</a>, who continued pushing for a connection between <i>Gigantopithecus</i> and bigfoot from 1970 to his death in 2002. Among the <a href="/facts/Binomial_name/jgBqAhPv">binomial names</a> he came up with for bigfoot included "Gigantopithecus canadensis". Scientists and amateur monster hunters both dismissed Krantz's arguments, saying he readily accepted clearly false evidence.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:99" href="#fn:99"><sup>99</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gigantopithecus. <a href="/facts/Wikispecies/b2GhA7Le">Wikispecies</a> has information related to <i>Gigantopithecus</i>. <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Bunopithecus/nqBdfKxM">Bunopithecus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Khoratpithecus/PQCLY1PG">Khoratpithecus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Lufengpithecus/oIMCwItV">Lufengpithecus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Meganthropus/u2kVwp26">Meganthropus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Pongo_hooijeri/knSlKq28">Pongo hooijeri</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Sivapithecus/oNX6KTrM">Sivapithecus</a></i></li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Definition of gigantopithecus | Dictionary.com". dictionary.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022. <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/gigantopithecus" target="_blank">https://www.dictionary.com/browse/gigantopithecus</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>lit. 'giant ape'; from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas), meaning "giant", and πίθηκος (píthekos), meaning "ape" <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek" target="_blank">/wiki/Ancient_Greek</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Zhang, Yingqi; Westaway, Kira E.; Haberle, Simon; Lubeek, Juliën K.; Bailey, Marian; Ciochon, Russell; Morley, Mike W.; Roberts, Patrick; Zhao, Jian-xin; Duval, Mathieu; Dosseto, Anthony; Pan, Yue; Rule, Sue; Liao, Wei; Gully, Grant A.; Lucas, Mary; Mo, Jinyou; Yang, Liyun; Cai, Yanjun; Wang, Wei; Joannes-Boyau, Renaud (2024). "The demise of the giant ape Gigantopithecus blacki". Nature. 625 (7995): 535–539. 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