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- https://www.thoughtco.com/zhoukoudian-ancient-china-171046
Zhoukoudian is an important Homo erectus site, a stratified karstic cave and its associated fissures located in Fangshan District, about 45 km southwest of Beijing, China. The Chinese name is spelled a variety of ways in the older scientific literature, including Choukoutien, Chou-kou-tien, Chou-k'ou-tien and today it is ofte… See more
A handful of the localities have been well-reported in the English-language scientific literature, including the localities with many homininremains, but many have not yet been published in Chinese… See more
The best reported of the localities is Dragon Bone Hill, where Peking Man was discovered. ZKD1 contains 40 meters (130 feet) of sediment representing the paleontological occupation of the locality between 700,000 and 130,… See more
All of the early Middle Pleistocene human remains recovered from Zhoukoudian came from Locality 1. A whopping 67% of the human remains exhibit … See more
Reassessment of the stone tools at ZDK has contributed to the abandonment of the so-called Movius Line—a theory from the 1940s that argued that the Asian Paleolithic was a "backwat… See more
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https://www.britannica.com/place/ZhoukoudianWebZhoukoudian, Wade-Giles Chou-k’ou-tien, archaeological site near the village of Zhoukoudian, Beijing municipality, China, 26 miles (42 km) …
- https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/fossils/zhoukoudian
WebAug 30, 2022 · Age: Between 780,000 and 400,000 years old. Species: Homo erectus. This composite skull combines several skulls from the same site, first named Sinanthropus …
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19279636
WebMar 12, 2009 · The age of Zhoukoudian Homo erectus, commonly known as 'Peking Man', has long been pursued, but has remained problematic owing to the lack of suitable dating …
- Author: Guanjun Shen, Xing Gao, Bin Gao, Darryl E. Granger
- Publish Year: 2009
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhoukoudian
Zhoukoudian Area (Chinese: 周口店地区; pinyin: Zhōukǒudiàn Dìqū) is a town and an area located on the east Fangshan District, Beijing, China. It borders Nanjiao and Fozizhuang Townships to its north, Xiangyang, Chengguan and Yingfeng Subdistricts to its east, Shilou and Hangcunhe Towns to its south, and Xiayunling Town to its west. Its population was 41,868 in the 2020 census.
Wikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA license- District: Fangshan
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19403532
WebJan 22, 2010 · The endocast of ZKD V has an estimated endocranial volume of 1140 ml. As the geological age of ZKD V is younger than the other ZKD H. erectus, evolutionary …
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29477178
WebLocality 1, in the Lower Cave of the Zhoukoudian cave complex, China, is one of the most important Middle Pleistocene paleoanthropological and archaeological sites worldwide, …
- https://www.britannica.com/topic/Homo-erectus/Behavioral-inferences
WebAt Zhoukoudian the remains of H. erectus were found in cave and fissure deposits. Although this does not prove that these hominins were habitual cave dwellers, the …
- https://efossils.org/site/zhoukoudian
WebTwo sites in particular have garnered much attention: Locality 1, where at least 40 Homo erectus individuals 3 and numerous stone tools were recovered; and Upper Cave (ZKD …
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking_Man
WebPeking Man (Homo erectus pekinensis) is a subspecies of H. erectus which inhabited the Zhoukoudian Cave of northern China during the Middle Pleistocene.The first fossil, a tooth, was discovered in 1921, and the …
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