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The history of the Gigantopithecus all started when the smallest size of jawbones were found in 1968 located in [[Northern India]]. The fossils that all have been found, prove that the Gigantopithecus is the largest genus of ape. [http://www.lonympics.co.uk/abominablesnowman/Gigantopithecus.htm] | The history of the Gigantopithecus all started when the smallest size of jawbones were found in 1968 located in [[Northern India]]. The fossils that all have been found, prove that the Gigantopithecus is the largest genus of ape. [http://www.lonympics.co.uk/abominablesnowman/Gigantopithecus.htm] | ||
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When the scientists had made the Gigantopithecus' models, they had to pick, no doubt the largest primates known. This included the giant extinct [[baboon]]: Theropithecus oswaldi, and the [[gorilla]]. While they were creating the head for the model, they based their estimations off of the orangutan.[http://www.wynja.com/arch/gigantopithecus.html] Scientists did this because evolutionarily, the Gigantopithecus and the orangutan are on the same line and supposedly come from a common ancestor called Sivapithecus. [http://www.wynja.com/arch/gigantopithecus.html] Although it ended up being that they were forced to stop using the orangutan as a model, due to the fact that that a 1,200 pound ape would not be known to have anything to do with living in trees. [http://www.wynja.com/arch/gigantopithecus.html] | When the scientists had made the Gigantopithecus' models, they had to pick, no doubt the largest primates known. This included the giant extinct [[baboon]]: Theropithecus oswaldi, and the [[gorilla]]. While they were creating the head for the model, they based their estimations off of the orangutan.[http://www.wynja.com/arch/gigantopithecus.html] Scientists did this because evolutionarily, the Gigantopithecus and the orangutan are on the same line and supposedly come from a common ancestor called [[Sivapithecus]]. [http://www.wynja.com/arch/gigantopithecus.html] Although it ended up being that they were forced to stop using the orangutan as a model, due to the fact that that a 1,200 pound ape would not be known to have anything to do with living in trees. [http://www.wynja.com/arch/gigantopithecus.html] | ||
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There was one other scientist that had wanted to create a life-size model of a Gigantopithecus as well. R.L. Ciochon and with help from Bill Munn, who at the time was a Hollywood monster maker for movies and such, had decided to make an unbelievable life-size model of a Gigantopithecus. [http://www.wynja.com/arch/gigantopithecus.html] They made a male model due to the guess that females would be half the size of males because of their differences and two distinct groupings in size of teeth. [http://www.wynja.com/arch/gigantopithecus.html] | |||
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