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extremely large fossil teeth and jaws recovered from sites in south china and north vietnam have suggested to some that the largest of all primates once lived there. this is uncertain, however, since the lack of skeletal remains leaves open the possibility that the creature may have been a moderately sized ape with a very large jaw. the scientific name for this enigmatic ancient ape is

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Because there are no skeletal remains, it is possible that the creature was a medium-sized ape with a very large jaw. Gigantopithecus is the scientific name for this mysterious ancient ape.

Gigantopithecus is an extinct ape genus from the Early to Middle Pleistocene of southern China, represented by Gigantopithecus blacki.

Gigantopithecus is a genus of large extinct apes represented by a single species, Gigantopithecus blacki, which lived in southern China during the Pleistocene Epoch (2.6 million to 11,700 years ago). Gigantopithecus is thought to be a sister genus to Pongo (the genus that contains living orangutans) in the family Hominidae of subfamily Ponginae.

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