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Word: gigantopithecus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...branch evolved into the ancestors of today's great apes?the gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans, which are man's closest living cousins. Another produced a creature called Gigantopithecus, a huge ground ape that roamed the valleys of Asia for a few million years before it became extinct. A third branch gave rise to Ramapithecus, which most anthropologists believe was a distant ancestor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Puzzling Out Man's Ascent | 11/7/1977 | See Source »

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