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"Dated Co-Occurrence of Homo erectus and Gigantopithecus from Tham Khuyen Cave, Vietnam". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 93 (7): 3016–3020. Bibcode:1996PNAS...93.3016C. doi: 10.1073/pnas.93.7.3016. PMC 39753. PMID 8610161
Ailuropoda microta is the earliest known ancestor of the giant panda.It measured 1 m (3 ft) in length; the modern giant panda grows to a size in excess of 1.5 m (5 ft).
Gigantopithecus (/ d ʒ aɪ ˌ ɡ æ n t oʊ p ɪ ˈ θ i k ə s, ˈ p ɪ θ ɪ k ə s, d ʒ ɪ-/ jy-gan-toh-pi-thee-kuhs, pith-i-kuhs, ji-; [2] lit. ' giant ape ') is an extinct genus of ape that lived in southern China from 2 million to approximately 300,000 to 200,000 years ago during the Early to Middle Pleistocene, represented by one species, Gigantopithecus blacki. [3]
Russell L. Ciochon (born March 11, 1948) is an American paleoanthropologist.He was born in Altadena, California and received three degrees (B.A. in 1971; M.A. in 1974; and PhD. in 1986) in anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley. [1]
Indopithecus giganteus (lit. ' Indian ape ') is an extinct species of large ape that lived in the late Miocene of the Siwalik Hills in northern India.Although frequently assigned to the more well-known genus Gigantopithecus, recent authors consider it to be a distinct genus in its own right.
Wat Tham Chiang Dao (วัดถ้ำเชียงดาว) is a limestone cave temple located in the foothills of the Doi Luang Chiang Dao, the third-highest mountain in Thailand, north of Chiang Mai. The exact origins of the temple are unknown, but it is believed to have been established during the Lanna Kingdom period.
The custodians of an ancient Hindu religious site in Malaysia are planning to install an escalator as an alternative for those visitors either unable or unwilling to climb the 272 steps leading to ...
A further development of this variant of Hindu cave temples is the Kailasanatha temple, a monolithic rock temple at Ellora. This free-standing rock temple in a rock pit, which is closed off to the outside by a monumental two-story Gopuram , is considered to be probably the most impressive Hindu rock temple with a side length of 46 meters.