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A re-examination of the available Gigantopithecus material has revealed that most of the supposed “man-like” characteristics of this fossil primate are not, in fact, hominid at all.
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PILBEAM, D. Gigantopithecus and the Origins of Hominidae. Nature 225, 516–519 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225516a0
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