The discovery of Beijingers

Peking man, officially named "Chinese ape-man Peking species", is now often called "Homo erectus" in science and Homo erectus in English. Fossils of Homo erectus in China.

Beijingers lived about 770,000 years ago. The site was found in Gulong Mountain in Zhoukoudian, Fangshan District, southwest of Beijing.

Beijingers came to Zhoukoudian about 600,000 years ago and lived here intermittently for nearly 400,000 years. About 200 thousand years ago, Beijingers left here.

Beijing people have higher cheekbones. The average brain volume is only 1532 ml. Short and thick, male height 156 cm, female height 144 cm. Short legs, long arms and head forward.

Some scholars believe that bone horns were made at that time. Besides hunting, eating wild fruits, young leaves, root tubers and small animals such as insects, birds, frogs and snakes are also daily food sources.

There is a thick layer of ash in the cave where Beijingers lived, which shows that Beijingers have used fire and preserved the kindling.

This site was discovered by Swedish geologist An Tesheng and American paleontologist Danschi in August of 192 1, and excavation began in 1927. 192965438+On February 2nd, China archaeologist Pei Wenzhong excavated the first complete skull, but the skull excavated in this period disappeared on 194 1, which became a mystery in history.

The only existing physical specimen is the Peking man skull model discovered from the top accumulation layer in 1966. Later, stone products and bone horn products were discovered. China people who participated in the excavation in those years included later academician Jia Lanpo. With his death, a batch of photos excavated in that year were neglected.