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Peking man

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Peking man: see Homo erectus Homo erectus (hō`mō ērĕk`təs), extinct hominid living between 1.6 million and 250,000 years ago.
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Peking man [′pē‚kiŋ ′man]
(paleontology)
Sinanthropus pekinensis.An extinct human type; the braincase was thick, with a massive basal and occipital torus structure and heavy browridges.


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THE ELEMENTALS I am recycled, reconstructed from the rain that fell in Kenya and the carbon atoms of Peking Man.
He went off to China where he became a major player in the discovery and interpretation of Peking Man, a significant find that further bolstered evolutionary theory.
Included was Peking Man, today known as Homo erectus.
 
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