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Zhoukoudian or Choukoutien (Chinese: 周口店; pinyin: Zhōukǒudiàn) is a cave system in Beijing, China. Many archaeological discoveries were found here, including one of the first specimens of Homo erectus, dubbed Peking Man, and bones of the large hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris. The Peking Man lived in this cave about 200,000 to 750,000 years ago.

The Peking Man Site was discovered by Johan Gunnar Andersson in 1921 and was first excavated by Otto Zdansky in 1921 and 1923 unearthing two human teeth.

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  • Zhoukoudian Museum July2004

    Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site - the Museum. At the centre: Bust of reconstructed Peking Man.

  • Peking Man Skulls

    Reconstructions of the Peking Man skulls unearthed

  • Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site

    Peking Man Site

  • Zhoukoudian Upper Cave

    Upper Cave Site

  • Zhoukoudian-1

    Peking Man Site (Locality 1)

  • Zhoukoudian-3

    Locality 3

  • Zhoukoudian-4

    Locality 4

  • Zhoukoudian-5

    Locality 5

  • Zhoukoudian-12

    Locality 12

  • Zhoukoudian-15

    Locality 15

  • Zhoukoudian-66

    Site of skull find in 1966

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