作者：张银运 王令红 董兴仁 陈文俊

摘要：In 1973, a lower third molar of Gigantopithecus associated with mammalian fossils was unearthed in a limestone cave in Bama district of Kwangsi. The Bama Gigantopithecus is of Middle Pleistocene, contemporary to the Wuming Gigantopithecus and later than Liucheng and Hupei Gigantopithecus in age.
    A comparison of the lower third molar of Banxa Gigantopithecus with those of Gigantopithecus from various localities, including Bilarspur, Liucheng, Hupei and Wurning, shows a tendency that the molar increased in size from Early Pleistocene or even Middle Pliocene to Middle Pleistocene. It does not support Weidenreich`s view that the molars of Gigantopithecus had a tendency to diminish as evolution advances. Therefore, there is no strong reason to assume Gigantopithecus as a direct hominid ancestor.

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