New discoveries of Gigantopithecus blacki teeth from Chuifeng Cave in the Bubing Basin, Guangxi, south China

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-240

  Wang, Wei ^a  

^a Natural History Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region   (China)

Author keywords

Bubing Basin; Chuifeng Cave; early Pleistocene; Gigantopithecus blacki

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; HOMINID; LONGEVITY; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOOTH;

ASIA; BUBING BASIN; CHINA; CHUIFENG CAVE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU;

GIGANTOPITHECUS; HOMINOIDEA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; CHINA; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; PALEODONTOLOGY; TOOTH;

EID: 69549088008     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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