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Peking Man Site. Beijing . China

The Peking Man Site is located at Zhoukoudian Village, 48 kilometers southwest of Beijing. In 1929, archaeologists discovered teeth, bones and a complete skull of an ape-man in a cave of Longgu Mountain, providing concrete evidence for the existence of primitive man in the Beijing area and marking a milestone in the history of paleo-anthropology. In 1987, Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian has been inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List.

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Peking Man Site

The relics of Peking Man was found by archeologists in 1921, and there have been new relics of the same kind discovered continually after that.

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Peking Man Cave

A lot of artifacts have been found since the discovery of Peking Man Site, including the bones, the teeth and the tools that they used.

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Duplicate Peking Man head.

Archeologists deducted that Peking Man lived 200-700 thousand years ago. They live ingregariously and die before 14 years old.

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Peking Man Site

Thick layer of ashed foung in the ancient is evident that Peking Man already began using fire to light and cook.

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Replicated figures of Peiking Man

Peiking Man is a bit shorter than Chinese today,156 cm for men, and 144 cm for women.

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