Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian (1987)

Located at the Longgu (Dragon Bone) Hill, Zhoukoudian, Fangshan District, Beijing, it is an important Paleolithic Age ruins of China. The excavation began in 1927, there were 3 integrated skulls and some residual bones found inside the cave, being the place where the fossils of Peking Man and Upper Cave Man were found. The Upper Cave Man represents the type of New Man dating back more than ten thousand years ago, being an important material object for the study of human evolution. After the founding of the PRC, there were new materials such as Peking Man fossil, chipped stone implement and fire-using remains discovered in succession, which are extremely valuable materials for the study of human development history and the primitive society history of China. It was ranked in the “World Cultural Heritage List” in 1987.