Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site - the Caves (taken in July 2004)

Zhoukoudian or Choukoutien (周口店) is a cave system near Beijing in China. It has yielded many archaeological discoveries, including one of the first specimens of homo erectus, dubbed Peking Man. Zhoukoudian Site - Caves. ... Zhoukoudian Site - Caves. ... â–¶ (help· info) or Peking is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... Archaeology, archeology or archæology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech/discourse) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artifacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... [[{{{diversity_link}}}|Diversity]] {{{diversity}}} Binomial name Homo erectus (Dubois, 1892) Trinomial name {{{trinomial}}} Type Species {{{type_species}}} Subspecies Homo erectus palaeojavanicus Homo erectus soloensis [[Image:{{{range_map}}}|{{{range_map_width}}}|]] Synonyms {{{synonyms}}} Homo erectus (upright man) is a hominin species that is believed to be an ancestor of modern humans (with Homo heidelbergensis usually treated... Trinomial name Homo erectus pekinensis Peking Man (sometimes now called Beijing Man), also called Sinanthropus pekinensis (currently Homo erectus pekinensis), is an example of Homo erectus. ...

Fissures in the limestone containing middle Pleistocene deposits have yielded the remains of about 40 individuals as well as animal remains and stone flake and chopping tools. The oldest are some 500,000 years old, contemporary with the Mindel or Anglian glaciation. Fissure (Latin fissura, Plural fissurae) is a groove, natural division, deep furrow, or cleft found in the brain, spinal cord, and liver; or a tear in the anus. ... Limey shale overlaid by limestone. ... The Pleistocene Epoch is part of the geologic timescale. ... In archaeology, a lithic flake is a thin, sharp fragment of stone that results from the process of lithic reduction. ... In archaeology, a chopping tool is a form of prehistoric stone tool, considered to be a refinement of the earlier chopper. ... The Mindel is a river in Bavaria, southern Germany. ... The Anglian glaciation is a name for an ice age period which occurred between 450,000 and 300,000 years ago. ...

During the Upper Palaeolithic, the site was re-occupied and remains of homo sapiens and its stone and bone tools have also been recovered from the Upper Cave. The Upper Paleolithic or Palaeolithic is the third and last subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age as it is understood in Europe, Africa and Asia. ... Human beings are defined variously in biological, spiritual, and cultural terms, or in combinations thereof. ...

As early as the early 1960s, the State Council of the PRC listed it as an important cultural relics location. It has since been improved. The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ...

The site is to the southwest of Beijing city, and is accessible via the Jingshi Expressway; it, and Zhoukoudian, are well signposted. The Jingshi Expressway (Chinese: 京石高速公路; pinyin: ; or Jingshi Freeway, as it was formerly known) is an expressway in China which links Beijing to the Shijiazhuang. ...

The crater Choukoutien on asteroid 243 Ida was named after the place. Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site _ the Caves (taken in July 2004) Zhoukoudian or Choukoutien is a cave system near Beijing, China. ... NASA image of 243 Ida. ...