Fossils from Chinese Cave Fill Crucial Gap in History of Gigantopithecus blacki

Jun 15, 2026 - 15:00
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Fossils from Chinese Cave Fill Crucial Gap in History of Gigantopithecus blacki
An artist’s impression of a group of Gigantopithecus blacki within a forest in southern China. Image credit: Garcia / Joannes-Boyau, Southern Cross University.

Deep inside a limestone cave in southern China, paleontologists have uncovered an assemblage of thirteen fossilized teeth belonging to Gigantopithecus blacki, the largest primate species ever known to have lived.

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