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Lufengpithecus

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Noun1.Lufengpithecus - a genus of Hominidae
mammal genus - a genus of mammals
family Hominidae, Hominidae - modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man


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First, in 2000 and 2001, scientists showed that the Longgupo jaw had teeth that had strong similarities to those of the older, extinct ape Lufengpithecus, a possible orangutan ancestor.
Dryopithecus emerged in Europe, and its fossil relatives Lufengpithecus and Sivapithecus appeared in China and South Asia, respectively.
Noting that sex contrasts in tooth size closely correspond to sex differences in body size among all living primates, he argues that Lufengpithecus represented a single species in which these gender disparities exceeted the modern limit.
 
 
 
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