via Vietnam Express, 25 August 2023: Researchers have discovered the dental remains of the extinct giant ape species, Gigantopithecus blacki, from the Pleistocene epoch in Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam.
The research was done by experts from the Borissiak Paleontological Institute under the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, as well as the Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Scientific and Technological Center in Hanoi.
From 2020 to 2022, scientists had performed surveys at Lang Trang Cave in Thanh Hoa’s Ba Phuoc District, where they found two dental remains of the giant ape (Gigantopithecus blacki).
These are among the latest dental remains recorded among extinct species from around 125,000 years ago.
Source: Dental remains of extinct giant apes found in central Vietnam – VnExpress International
