Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian (UNESCO/NHK)
Scientific work at the site, which lies 42 km south-west of Beijing, is still underway. So far, it has led to the discovery of the remains of Sinanthropus pekinensis, who lived in the Middle Pleistocene, along with various objects, and remains of Homo sapiens sapiens dating as far back as 18,000--11,000 B.C. The site is not only an exceptional reminder of the prehistorical human societies of the Asian continent, but also illustrates the ...
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Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian, Beijing
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Peking Man Site - UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian near Beijing in China is one of the world's most important prehistoric UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Here, in the 1920s, a team of Swedish and Chinese archaeologists discovered bone fragments belonging to an entirely new species of humans: homo erectus. Initially called australopithecus pekinensis, or Peking Man, these finds changed the world of prehistoric anthropology. Let's check it out!
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Zhoukoudian Peking Man
(Nov 2012)
Zhoukoudian is a small village situated about 50 km southwest of Beijing. Embraced by a chain of mountains from the northwest and rolling hills from the northeast, the village opens to the vast Huabei plains.
In the history of palaeoanthropology, the discovery of Peking Man was not the first one of its kind; however, the discovery established a definite status of this kind in the human evolutionary history
Around the World with Jack Daulton: Peking Man Site, China
Noted lecturer and world traveler Jack Daulton explores and discusses the Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian, near Beijing, China, where in the 1920s the world famous fossils of early or proto humans (specifically, Homo erectus) were discovered, the first such find in East Asia. February 23, 2012. Videographer: Roz Ho, Contact: jack@jackdaulton.com
Peking Man - Video Learning - WizScience.com
Peking Man , Homo erectus pekinensis, is an example of Homo erectus. A group of fossil specimens was discovered in 1923–27 during excavations at Zhoukoudian near Beijing , China. In 2009 the finds were dated from roughly 750,000 years ago, and a new 26 Al/ 10 Be dating suggests they are in the range of 680,000–780,000 years old.
Between 1929 and 1937, 15 partial crania, 11 mandibles, many teeth, some skeletal bones and large numbers of stone tools were discovered in the Lower Cave at Locality 1 of the Peking Man site at Zhoukoudian, near Beijing, in China. Their age is estimated to be between 500,000 and 300,000 years old. The most complete fossils, all of which were calvariae, are:
Most of the study on these fossils was done by Davidson Black until his death in 1934. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin took over until Franz Weidenreich replaced him and studied the fossils until he left China in 1941. The original fossils disappeared in 1941, but excellent casts and descriptions remain.
Swedish geologist Johan Gunnar Andersson and American palaeontologist Walter W. Granger came to Zhoukoudian, China in search of prehistoric fossils in 1921. They were directed to the site at Dragon Bone Hill by local quarrymen, where Andersson recognised deposits of quartz that were not native to the area. Immediately realising the importance of this find he turned to his colleague and announced, Here is primitive man; now all we have to do is find him!
Excavation work was begun immediately by Andersson's assistant Austrian palaeontologist Otto Zdansky, who found what appeared to be a fossilised human
molar. He returned to the site in 1923, and materials excavated in the two subsequent digs were sent to Uppsala University in Sweden for analysis. In 1926 Andersson announced the discovery of two human molars in this material, and Zdansky published his findings.
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Science Bulletins: Peking Man—Older Times, Colder Climes
In the 1930's, scientists discovered a rich collection of Homo erectus fossils near Zhoukoudian, China. The site of Peking Man is still yielding new surprises. A team of Chinese and American scientists recently used a new method to date the sandy rock layers in which the fossils were buried. The scientists argue that this species lived at the site as far back as 770,000 years ago, much earlier than previously thought. The discovery raises intriguing questions concerning how Peking Man survived in a period of colder climate that occurred within that time.
Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site
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Zhoukoudian fossil site
The site is home to Peking Man: one of the first specimens of Homo erectus, which was discovered in 1921 by Swedish geologist Johan Gunnar Andersson.