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 | While there are suggestions of other differences in the Sivapithecus samples from the Chinji and Dhok Pathan Formations, for example in tooth proportions (Kelley 1988), that might indicate the presence of different species, these have not been systematically assessed (Kelley 2005:8). |
| Kelley J. Misconceptions arising from the misassignment of non-hominoid teeth to the Miocene hominoid Sivapithecus Paleontologica Electronica 8:16A. |
| Sivapithecus represents the large radiation of the fossil Asian apes, and one or more forms are ancestral both to living orangutans as well as many fossil apes, including Lufengpithecus and Gigantopithecus. |
| Sivapithecus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (222 words) |
| Any one of the species in this genus may have been the ancestor to the modern orangutans. |
| Sivapithecus indicus fossils date from about 12.5 million to 10.5 million years ago. |
| In 1982 David Pilbeam published a description of a significant fossil find — a large part of the face and jaw of a Sivapithecus. |
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