Gigantopithecus blacki (Primates, Ponginae) from the Lang Trang Cave (Northern Vietnam): The Latest Gigantopithecus in the Late Pleistocene?

2022/03/17 by A. V. Lopatin, E. N. Maschenko, Le Xuan Dac · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Psychology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies

paper · doi:10.1134/s0012496622010069

openalex publication_date 2022/03/17 · openalex created_date 2022/04/03 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

The dental remains of Gigantopithecus blacki von Koenigswald, 1935 (a complete right m2 with roots and distal fragment of left m2 crown) from the Upper Pleistocene deposits of the Lang Trang cave in northern Vietnam (Thanh Hoa Province) are described. It is the first record of Gigantopithecus in the Upper Pleistocene of Vietnam and, apparently, the second one in the Upper Pleistocene in general (considering material from Shuangtan cave in southern China). Probably, the extinction of G. blacki was confined to the Middle-Late Pleistocene transition, and the specimens from the Lang Trang cave belong to one of the latest relict populations of Gigantopithecus.

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• Gigantopithecus blacki: a giant ape from the Pleistocene of Asia revisited

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