https://www.wheregiantsroamed.com/about daily 0.75 2017-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1511079516020-LZ39V74CCTZTJ4YWADL7/A.jpg About - Figure A on Koenigswald -the first to discover G. blacki teeth in 1935 – compares humans skeletal evidence with G. blacki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1511079516024-4WBYCC3JOWXT6WKK82Z3/B.jpg About - Figure B Part of a G. blacki mandible https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1511079516633-TBB6F480E6UY1F0UCNHX/C.jpg About - Figure C Modern human skull (left) compared to a gorilla (middle) and a G. blacki reconstructed skull based on the discovered section of mandible (brown); https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1511079516882-29K19QQPS9494ATFM86B/D.jpg About - Figure D A comparison of G. blacki mandible (top) with a humans (bottom) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1511079517168-J538W51TEPTCDLU7CGQ3/E.jpg About - Figure E a reconstruction of G. blacki’s face https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1511079517680-ZI34DN4764K85RYIKVIU/F.jpg About - Figure F A comparison of’ G. blacki’s size (left) with a grizzly bear (front) and gorilla (back) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1511079518179-6Y7BII0T1KR2B9N1UQLJ/G.jpg About - Figure G a comparison of G. blacki’s size with a human. https://www.wheregiantsroamed.com/who-we-are daily 0.75 2019-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1510278450598-ZTFVZ4W80877OIIFPRRC/Renaud+for+website.jpg Who we are Dr Renaud Joannes-Boyau Geochronologist and Geochemist at Southern Cross University, specialising in the application of direct dating methods and micro-analytical techniques to key questions in archaeological sciences, such as the timing of human evolution, interaction with the surrounding environment and ecological niche, as well as hominids diet and early life history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1499400139069-FW4BC5JME05YVMMXX5CN/simon.jpg Who we are Prof Simon Haberle Leading expert in palaeoecology and palaeoclimatology of tropical regions including Australasia, Asia, South America, Pacific and Indian oceans. He has over 30 years of experience reconstructing past environmental conditions in tropical and sub-tropical environments across the globe and is currently researching monsoon changes in the Yunnan region of China, next to Guangxi ZAR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1499400145870-5EDMXHNHSHMCAR6QSHMZ/yqi.jpg Who we are Prof Yingqi Zhang Palaeoanthropologist with 10 years’ experience, is a rising star in the IVPP and an expert on Giganto in the caves in the Chongzhuo region https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1548373667686-OQTHZ0MW6FKIVZD6F303/Fieldphoto_Utah_Julien.jpg Who we are - Juliën LuJuliën Lubeekbeek Juliën Lubeek Juliën Lubeek is a PhD student in palaeontology at Macquarie University, with a broad background ranging from sedimentary geology and evolutionary biology to science-based archaeology. His PhD research is focussed on applied micro-techniques for reconstructing Giganto’s diet, environment and age to gain insight into the cause of its extinction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1499400150317-G8SYOIVLILSMO6E3EDMM/ww.jpg Who we are Dr Wang Wei Director of the Guangxi Museum in Nanning, is an active paleontologist and is an expert on the caves and terraces in the Bubing Basin. He has been working on reconstructing the palaeoenvironments and evolution of Giganto for over 20 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1499400118161-LQM7H65KLA2PP87NZ3PW/me.jpg Who we are Dr Kira Westaway Quaternary geomorphologist and geochronologist at Macquarie University, who has over 13 years’ experience in establishing chronologies for cave sites in Southeast Asia, including Liang Bua in western Flores, Tam Pa Ling in northern Laos and Lida Ajer in Western Sumatra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1499400132357-JTIGTVZPNTCKK2PE28SV/russ.jpg Who we are Prof Russell Ciochon Palaeoanthropologist in the Department of Anthropology at University of Iowa, USA with over 30 years’ experience, is the world leading expert on G.blacki and has been publishing on the topic for over 26 years. https://www.wheregiantsroamed.com/home daily 1.0 2024-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1511049011666-DKJ7SUH73FHUXDEZNVXT/The+Tooth.jpg Giganto - Where Giants Roamed - THe Project Learn more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1548374639358-QTJU83FREDL6QWX9S2JX/Who-are-we.JPG Giganto - Where Giants Roamed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1549102272802-5VUAZADAWYWWXOI4B9FS/Xiao-Kou-Excavations.jpg Giganto - Where Giants Roamed - The Fall of a Giant More to come https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1549159838777-0FP53BE6689C47SPVFTN/IMG_8749.JPG Giganto - Where Giants Roamed - Chongzuo 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1549090922948-DR445HAQIZU3ZHDKAIEG/Ma-Feng-Excavations.jpg Giganto - Where Giants Roamed - Ma Feng Excavations 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1549102258462-0BB60X404W5R3U7ISV7M/Fall-of-a-giant.jpg Giganto - Where Giants Roamed - Xiao Kou Excavations 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1549090861408-CE5W4LC9JMR7MWQ81UCO/Bubing-Basin-2017.jpg Giganto - Where Giants Roamed - Bubing Basin 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1549102105317-2X2EB7BSO4NQ78TCIS7F/bg-image.jpg Giganto - Where Giants Roamed https://www.wheregiantsroamed.com/project daily 0.75 2017-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1499397734669-Z3C35VEY807AJJSZ98N1/ARC_stacked.jpg Partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1499397735188-C5D8QN10W3MF0MZ2G4F0/MQ_INT_VER_RGB_POS.jpg Partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1499392377955-N5ADIZ6LE7VW07W4AZLX/IVPP+logo.jpg Partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1499397734625-LIV52ZQUU1VHJKPPVS4Q/anu-logo.jpg Partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1499397734909-V874UFHMS1VEKFHGW6AO/guangxi-museum.jpg Partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1499397735085-KK1KRN0N6NAP43A0QVCK/Iowa.jpg Partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1499397735313-ULB6XGQVH2QORSB9JWZM/traps.jpg Partners https://www.wheregiantsroamed.com/locations daily 0.75 2017-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5941bfbd03596e8a6516d2cc/1499399482694-UQ2QNK0X83V5BABGY464/image-asset.jpeg Locations Fig. 2: Location of Guangxi ZAR and Giganto sites – B-C refers to the Bubing Basin (top inset) and Chongzhuo (bottom inset). The area around Chongzhuo has been expanded to show the Ecological Park (right inset). ‘Past Arctic’ and ‘Oriental’ refers to past climate zones. 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