Describe Gigantopithecus: How It Lived, and Its Region, Diet and Locomotion

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Essay

Describe Gigantopithecus: how it lived, and its region, diet and locomotion. Detail how paleoanthropologists learned of it and what happened to it.

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Definitions:

Optic Chiasm

An X-shaped structure in the brain where the optic nerves partially cross, involved in the visual processing system.

Visual Field

The entire area that can be seen when the eyes are focused in one direction, including both central and peripheral vision.

The Fovea

A small depression in the retina of the eye where visual acuity is highest, due to a high concentration of cones.

Curved Surface

A smooth, continuous, non-flat boundary or shape that bends or arcs.