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Zhoukoudian Peking Man SiteSource: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zhoukoudian-5.jpg
Author: Finblanco
Author: Finblanco
Zhoukoudian is a cave system located 42 km to the southwest of Beijing, China. It is famous for the discovery of the remains of the Peking Man, or Sinanthropus pekinensis, a Homo erectus dating back to at least 500,000 years ago.
The Peking Man Site was discovered by Swedish paleontologist Johan Gunnar Andersson in 1921. The caves at Zhoukoudian has been used for early men in the later Upper Palaeolithic period. Evidence in the form of stone and bone tools have been discovered there.
Zhoukoudian MuseumSource: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_of_Zhoukoudian_Museum,_2014-03-21.JPG
Author: Siyuwj
The Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian was inscribed as a World Heritage Site during the 11th session of the World Heritage Committee meeting in Headquarters in Paris, France, on 7-11 December, 1987.
The Outstanding Universal Value to humanity of the site lies in it being an exceptional reminder of the prehistorical human societies of the Asian continent.
Inscription Year: 1987
Type of Site: Cultural
Inscription Criteria: III, VI
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Author: Siyuwj
The Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian was inscribed as a World Heritage Site during the 11th session of the World Heritage Committee meeting in Headquarters in Paris, France, on 7-11 December, 1987.
The Outstanding Universal Value to humanity of the site lies in it being an exceptional reminder of the prehistorical human societies of the Asian continent.
World Heritage Site Inscription Details
Location: N 39 44 E 115 55Inscription Year: 1987
Type of Site: Cultural
Inscription Criteria: III, VI
Visiting Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian
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Dear visitor, thank you so much for reading this page. My name is Timothy Tye and my hobby is to find out about places, write about them and share the information with you on this website. I have been writing this site since 5 January 2003. Originally (from 2003 until 2009, the site was called AsiaExplorers. I changed the name to Penang Travel Tips in 2009, even though I describe more than just Penang but everywhere I go (I often need to tell people that "Penang Travel Tips" is not just information about Penang, but information written in Penang), especially places in Malaysia and Singapore, and in all the years since 2003, I have described over 20,000 places.
While I try my best to provide you information as accurate as I can get it to be, I do apologize for any errors and for outdated information which I am unaware. Nevertheless, I hope that what I have described here will be useful to you.
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