Beijing travel:The Site of Peking Man

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The Site of Peking Man is located at Zhoukoudian Village about 48 kilometers south west of Beijing.

     The Chinese ape-man, also known as Peking Man, lived some 690,000 years ago in mid-period of Pleistocene epoch. In December 1929, a Chinese archaeologist discovered the fist complete skull of Peking Man. Later, large-scale excavation followed for several
times. Fossils of men and vertebrates were found. Of men fossils alone, a total of 152 pieces were unearthed, as well as 100,000 pieces of stone implements,charred bones and ashes. The Site  of Peking Man provide not only a valuable scientific basis for the study of the origin and development of mankind but also an important base for research in the  origin of human species.
     Now, exhibition there is divided into three sections. The first section shows the animal world before man and the evolution of life from lower to higher stages. The second section explains the origin and development of mankind by the models of Peking Man, theirs stone implements and ashes of using fire. The third section shows the research results on vertebrate paleontology and paleoanthropology.

     In 1987, the UNESCO had the Peking Man Site enlisted on the List of the World Heritage.