Zhoukoudian-the Peking Man site

Some 50 kilometers southwest Beijing lies a small village named Zhoukoudian, also known as the Peking Man Site. In 1929, paleontologist Pei Wenzhong found human teeth and skeleton remains of primitive man at Zhoukoudian, as well as the evidence of the use of fire by Peking Man. That helped prove that Homo sapiens existed some five hundred thousand years ago.

Archeologists from both at home and abroad joined efforts in an excavation of the site. They unearthed several complete skull-caps which define the Peking Man.

Peking Man holds ongoing scientific value. The Peking Man Site represents the most comprehensively and systematically studied site of Homo Erectus. The Peking Man Site also provides more precise scientific data for the study of the evolution, behavior, and paleo-environment of Homo Erectus than contemporary African and European sites.