Uploaded October 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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The Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian near Beijing in China is one of the world's most important prehistoric UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Here, in the 1920s, a team of Swedish and Chinese archaeologists discovered bone fragments belonging to an entirely new species of humans: homo erectus. Initially called australopithecus pekinensis, or Peking Man, these finds changed the world of prehistoric anthropology. Let's check it out!

For more Chinese World Heritage sites:
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For more ancient man World Heritage sites:
Sangiran Early Man Site: youtu.be/_eBcxFu0qUI
Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley: youtu.be/944Rfdz60bs
Archaeological Site of Atapuerca: youtu.be/F24pETBMyy8

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