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Line 80: ==Description== [[File:Gigantopithecus.png\|thumb~~\|left~~\|Reconstruction of ''Gigantopithecus'' with a speculative large build, gorilla-like posture, and orange hair]] ===Size=== Total size estimates are highly speculative because only tooth and jaw elements are known~~, and~~. ~~molar~~Molar size and total body weight do not always correlate, such as in the case of [[postcanine megadontia]] hominins (small-bodied ~~primate~~primates exhibiting massive molars and thick enamel).<ref name= "Olejniczak2008"/> Still, ''Gigantopithecus'' is normally reconstructed as the biggest primate ever recorded.<ref name="NAT-20240110"/> In 1946, Weidenreich hypothesised that ''Gigantopithecus'' was twice the size of male gorillas.<ref name=Weidenreich1946/> In 1957, Pei estimated a total height of about {{convert\|12\|ft\|abbr=in\|order=flip}}.<ref name=Johnson1979/>

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