The skull of Sivapithecus indicus specimen GSP 15000, discovered in Pakistan. #FossilFriday
July 17, 2026 at 9:43 AM
The skull of Sivapithecus indicus specimen GSP 15000, discovered in Pakistan. #FossilFriday
About 12 million years ago there used to be a primate called Sivapithecus, it was an ancestor of modern orangutans and basically looked like a chimpanzee with an orangutan face.
They had teeth meant for eating tubers and such, not tree fruits, they probably didn't live in trees.
They had teeth meant for eating tubers and such, not tree fruits, they probably didn't live in trees.
July 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
About 12 million years ago there used to be a primate called Sivapithecus, it was an ancestor of modern orangutans and basically looked like a chimpanzee with an orangutan face.
They had teeth meant for eating tubers and such, not tree fruits, they probably didn't live in trees.
They had teeth meant for eating tubers and such, not tree fruits, they probably didn't live in trees.
Oo, that’s interesting and makes sense. Sivapithecus is a great reference point.
June 14, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Oo, that’s interesting and makes sense. Sivapithecus is a great reference point.
'Why are we making the entire branch of species of primate containing sivapithecus, the ancestor of modern orangutangs, migrate away from us to Asia?'
'Because they ponginae'.
'Because they ponginae'.
I know this means shared in that both our ancestors had the capability but I am choosing to believe it means 15 million years ago, great apes and humans hd a laugh together over some unknown but very ancient joke.
July 6, 2026 at 1:37 PM
'Why are we making the entire branch of species of primate containing sivapithecus, the ancestor of modern orangutangs, migrate away from us to Asia?'
'Because they ponginae'.
'Because they ponginae'.
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August 18, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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there is some evidence of sexual dimorphism in the taxon which is common in both pongines and hominins, i sort of picture an animal similar to an orangutan but with fewer derived features based on this more complete skull from its relative, sivapithecus
June 14, 2026 at 6:06 PM
there is some evidence of sexual dimorphism in the taxon which is common in both pongines and hominins, i sort of picture an animal similar to an orangutan but with fewer derived features based on this more complete skull from its relative, sivapithecus
Face reveal. wrong answers only (Sivapithecus illustration by Michael Long)
March 8, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Face reveal. wrong answers only (Sivapithecus illustration by Michael Long)
A new paper out from our Miocene project in India - updated FAD for Sivapithecus in India, ~200,000 years older than in Pakistan. Congrats to Deepak Choudhary who put in an extraordinary amount of work on this. Also to Dan, Chris, Biren, Rajeev and the rest of the team. dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Geochronological insights of middle miocene primates and vertebrate fauna of Ramnagar (J&K, India): Integrating litho- and magnetostratigraphy
The Middle Miocene site of Ramnagar (Jammu and Kashmir), India is well-known for its fossil primates including Sivapithecus indicus, Kapi ramnagarensis, and Ramadapis sahnii. Although always suggested...
dx.plos.org
February 27, 2026 at 6:57 PM
A new paper out from our Miocene project in India - updated FAD for Sivapithecus in India, ~200,000 years older than in Pakistan. Congrats to Deepak Choudhary who put in an extraordinary amount of work on this. Also to Dan, Chris, Biren, Rajeev and the rest of the team. dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
i do not CARE about the missing link for humanity we have all the links. I want the gorilla record. I want to see the path from Sivapithecus to Gorilla.
January 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
i do not CARE about the missing link for humanity we have all the links. I want the gorilla record. I want to see the path from Sivapithecus to Gorilla.
Apparently we only have teeth and jaw of the Gigantopithecus, and most of the models of the animal are speculation? I wanna confirm this.
There is so much mistaken identity stuff in dinosaur fossils. Would be funny if no one's tried to genotype it either.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giganto...
There is so much mistaken identity stuff in dinosaur fossils. Would be funny if no one's tried to genotype it either.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giganto...
![Gigantopithecus is now classified in the subfamily Ponginae, closely allied with Sivapithecus and Indopithecus. This would make its closest living relatives the orangutans. However, there are few similar traits (synapomorphies) linking Gigantopithecus and orangutans due to fragmentary remains, with the main morphological argument being its close affinities to Sivapithecus, which is better established as a pongine based on skull features. In 2017, Chinese palaeoanthropologist Yingqi Zhang and American anthropologist Terry Harrison suggested that Gigantopithecus is most closely allied to the Chinese Lufengpithecus, which went extinct 4 million years prior to Gigantopithecus.[3]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6axy7wdlfc75pqptdsttgrfw/bafkreihhyry5e3gzajzp7s4czu4amgzt24sxaxhmm65tl2xb4pz3xdey2i)
October 25, 2023 at 8:24 PM
Apparently we only have teeth and jaw of the Gigantopithecus, and most of the models of the animal are speculation? I wanna confirm this.
There is so much mistaken identity stuff in dinosaur fossils. Would be funny if no one's tried to genotype it either.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giganto...
There is so much mistaken identity stuff in dinosaur fossils. Would be funny if no one's tried to genotype it either.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giganto...
genus sivapithecus
- Extinct primates; lower pliocene
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Definition of genus sivapithecus
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February 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
genus sivapithecus
- Extinct primates; lower pliocene
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- Extinct primates; lower pliocene
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