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Zhoukoudianor Chou-k'ou-tienArchaeological site some 26 mi (42 km) southwest of Beijing, China, where fossil remains of the extinct hominin Homo erectus have been found. So-called Peking man was identified as a new fossil human by Canadian anthropologist Davidson Black in 1927 and variously classified as Pithecanthropus and Sinanthropus before being assigned to H. erectus. Partial remains of about 40 individuals along with more than 100,000 artifacts have been uncovered, making Zhoukoudian one of the most important H. erectus sites in the world. Its strata date to 550,000–230,000 years ago. It was named a World Heritage site in 1987. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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China's Zhoukoudian cave in Beijing contains a set of deposits that accumulated from 500,000 to 200,000 years ago. Ku devised a technique in which he uses a mass spectrometer to analyze limestone crystals extracted from soil in the Chinese deposits, located in the Zhoukoudian cave near Beijing. |
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