Peking man's skull is not one piece, but several pieces. It was first discovered in 1929, and then four pieces were discovered one after another. All Beijingers actually have five skulls.
Legend: The famous Peking man's skull, the picture comes from the Internet.
In addition to skulls, archaeologists have also found a large number of bone fossils, stone tools and other relics. Among them, the discovery of stone tools was an important criterion for defining human beings in academic circles at that time, so the discovery of stone tools proved that Beijingers were ancient human beings and pushed forward the history of human beings for 500 thousand years!
The discovery of Peking man's skull and other fossils also confirmed that the Javanese Homo erectus previously found in Java Island was primitive human rather than anthropoid, thus confirming the important stage of Homo erectus in human evolution. So Beijingers are a kind of Homo erectus, whose scientific name is Homo erectus in Beijing.
Legend: Java Homo erectus living in Southeast Asia, the picture comes from the Internet.
Legend: Beijing Homo erectus is restored, and the picture comes from the Internet.
Homo erectus in Beijing today existed between 700,000 and 230,000 years ago. At that time, the climate in Beijing was warmer and wetter than today, and there were a lot of wild animals living around it, which could be used as food for Homo erectus in Beijing.
Legend: Homo erectus in Beijing used stone tools, and the picture came from the Internet.
The discovery of Homo erectus in Beijing is a milestone. It confirms the important position of Homo erectus in the history of human evolution, is a breakthrough for us to explore our own origin and evolution, and confirms Darwin's theory of evolution that humans and apes are of the same ancestor. Its discovery has caused a great sensation in the world.
As primitive humans, Homo erectus in Beijing not only made stone tools, but also used fire. In fact, it is very clever. Engels once said:? As far as the liberation of the world is concerned, friction fire made human beings dominate a natural force for the first time, and finally broke away from the animal kingdom. ?
It is precisely because of the significance of the discovery of Homo erectus in Beijing that Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site, where its fossils were found, was identified as a world cultural heritage by UNESCO on 199 1.