Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site, also romanized as Choukoutien, is a cave system in suburban Fangshan District, Beijing. 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.
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Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian is a Pleistocene hominid site on the North China Plain. This site lies about 42 km south-west of Beijing and is at the juncture of the North China Plain and the Yanshan Mountains. Adequate water supplies and natural limestone caves in this area provided an optimal survival environment for early humans. Scientific work at the site is still under way. So far, ancient human fossils, cultural remains and animal fossils from 23 localities within the property dating from 5 million years ago to 10,000 years ago have been discovered by scientists. These include the remains of Homo erectus pekinensis, who lived in the Middle Pleistocene (700,000 to 200,000 years ago), archaic Homo sapiens of about 200,000–100,000 years ago and Homo sapiens sapiens dating back to 30,000 years ago. At the same time, fossils of hundreds of animal species, over 100,000 pieces of stone tools and evidence (including hearths, ash deposits and burnt bones) of Peking Man using fire have been discovered.
As the site of significant hominid remains discovered in the Asian continent demonstrating an evolutionary cultural sequence, Zhoukoudian is of major importance within the worldwide context. It is not only an exceptional reminder of the prehistoric human societies of the Asian continent, but also illustrates the process of human evolution, and is of significant value in the research and reconstruction of early...
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Presentamos nuestros respetos al Hombre de Pekín primeramente en el yacimiento donde reposó un largo período, el yacimiento dista del museo unos 500 metros en línea recta al oeste. Ya la cubierta de este espacio que lo protege es algo grandioso y digno de ser observado con detenimiento, el yacimiento de lo mas didáctico siguiendo el orden cronológico de las excavaciones y enseñando al visitante hasta el centimetro de las mismas. El museo muy moderno y muy bien diseñado te cuenta la historia del yacimiento y recrea espacios prehistóricos. Quien se pase por Pekín debería...
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Interesting and entertaining setup of the World Heritage side. All signs and descriptions in Chinese and English. Very clean and...
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