Zhoukoudian is a World
Heritage Site about 50
kilometres southwest
of the city at Dragon
Bone Hill, where on the
2 nd December 1929 a
skullcap was discovered
that provided evidence
of human life between
700,000 and 200,000 years
before. Further discoveries
led to what is now called
Peking Man which was
very similar to modern
man except that the skull
has a low forehead with
an eyebrow that sticks
out and large teeth which
do not overlap. Close
to the Peking Man three
other adult skulls were
found and now called
Upper Cave Man which
is estimated are about
18,000 years old.
