Gigantopithecus blacki, Partial Lower Jaw, Largest Known Ape Spinosaurus Pleistocene European hominids of the

Pleistocene European hominids of the early part of the last Glaciation

portion of upper jaw 10 x 11 inches

110-125 thousand years ago

This meat-eater had a stout body with very wide ribs

Large amounts of ash found in the sediments indicate that volcanoes were particularly active at this time

Gigantopithecus blacki, Partial Lower Jaw, Largest Known Ape Spinosaurus Pleistocene European hominids of theGigantopithecus (in Greek, gigantas meaning "giant" and pithecus meaning "ape") is an extinct genus of ape that existed from roughly one million years to as recently as three hundred thousand years ago, in what is now China, India, and Vietnam, placing Gigantopithecus in the same time frame and geographical location as several hominin species. ] The fossil record suggests that the Gigantopithecus blacki species were the largest apes that ever lived,