| Peking_Man_excavation.jpg[146×203] been living in (or around) this cave long enough for 100 feet of dust and debris to build up. 250,000 years. More than 3,000 (modern) lifetimes. 60 times longer than recorded history. I wasn't sure if this was the actual excavation site but this article about fire use shows this very location (shown to the right) being researched. Definitely a very cool site and well Publishing origin | |
| Zhoukoudian.jpg[250×187] The Site of Peking Man is located at Zhoukoudian Village, 48 kilometers southwest of Beijing. It is screened by mountains on the northwest with fertile land lying to its southeast. West of the Publishing origin | |
| Peking_Man_cave.jpg[350×238] of thousands of years) presence. I was a bit disappointed at first when I read this but then I realized I had been to the site of a 200,000 year battle between (almost) humans and beast. I managed to get side tracked by the science again. Back to the travelling. After the museum, there is a nice little path that visits the remnants of the famous cave. I believe most of the Publishing origin | |
| pekingman.jpg[900×836] Publishing origin | |
| pkm-site.jpg[599×174] down south. It passes then to the west of Zhoukoudian and finally drains into Liulihe about 10 km south of the village. The Peking Man Site is just on the west side of Zhoukoudian Village. The exposure of sedimentary strata around Zhoukoudian is quite extraordinary, especially those of the Pliocene and Pleistocene, and therefore attract geologists to visit the area. On the Publishing origin | |
| clip_image002_0002.jpg[95×125] small figures are all different; with their horses, chariots and weapons, they are masterpieces of realism and also of great historical interest. Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian Date of Inscription: 1987 Criteria: C (iii) (vi) Brief Description Publishing origin | |
| peking-man.jpg[164×240] 周口店의 북경원인유적 ( Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian : 문화, 1987 ) 베이징 남서쪽 42㎞지점에 위치한 주구점에서 홍적세 중기에 살았던 고인류인 시난드로푸스 페키넨시스(Sinanthropus Pekinensis: 북경원인의 학명) Publishing origin | |
| beijingren.jpg[443×88] Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian [Chou-kou-tien] Publishing origin | |
| zkd-10bm.jpg[400×259] raised markedly, his face and mouth protruded, and his chin receded, all apelike characteristics. He could walk fully erect, and his cranial capacity was two-thirds the size of modern man's. The geological and topographic features at Zhoukoudian and the animal and plant fossils unearthed at the first excavation site on Dragon Bone Hill can give one an idea of Peking Man's Publishing origin | |
| w449s3.jpg[154×105] I walked around the other caves and the interesting museum. The phrase 'Few go to visit Peking Man site anymore' (the title of a Seattle newspaper article you can find in the links section Publishing origin |