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Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian

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Peking Man was found here in 1918 and subsequent important fossils have been discovered since.  Peking Man was the first Homo erectus fossil discovered.  In addition, jewelry that dates to 34,000 years ago has been found in the upper cave.

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Zhoukoudian Entrance

Zhoukoudian or Choukoutien (Chinese: 周口店; pinyin: Zhōukǒudiàn, IPA: [tʂóʊkʰòʊtjɛ̂n]) is a cave system in Beijing, China. It has yielded many archaeological discoveries, including one of the first specimens of Homo erectus, dubbed Peking Man, and a fine assemblage of bones of the gigantic hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris. Peking Man lived in this cave approximately 750,000 to 200,000 years ago.

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