Zhoukoudian: Perbedaan antara revisi

Situs Manusia Peking pertama kali ditemukan oleh [[Johan Gunnar Andersson]] pada tahun [[1921 dalam arkeologi|1921]]<ref name="doorKnock1">{{cite news | first = | last = | authorlink = | author = | coauthors = | title = The First Knock at the Door| url = | format = | work = | publisher = Peking Man Site Museum | pages = | page = | date = | accessdate = | quote = In the summer of 1921, Dr. J.G. Andersson and his companions discovered this richly fossiliferous deposit through the local quarry men's guide. During examination he was surprised to notice some fragments of white quartz in tabus, a mineral normally foreign in that locality. The significance of this occurrence immediately suggested itself to him and turning to his companions, he exclaimed dramatically "Here is primitive man, now all we have to do is find him!"}}</ref> dan pertama kali digali oleh [[Otto Zdansky]] pada tahun 1921 dan [[1923 dalam arkeologi|1923]] menemukan dua gigi manusia.<ref name="doorKnock2">{{cite news | first = | last = | authorlink = | author = | coauthors = | title = The First Knock at the Door| url = | format = | work = | publisher = Peking Man Site Museum | pages = | page = | date = | accessdate = | quote = For some weeks in this summer and a longer period in 1923 Dr. Otto Zdansky carried on excavations of this cave site. He accumulated an extensive collection of fossil material, including two Homo erectus teeth that were recognized in 1926. So, the cave home of Peking Man was opened to the world.}}</ref> Penemuan ini kemudian diidentifikasi oleh [[Davidson Black]] sebagai milik spesies yang tidak diketahui sebelumnya dan disusul dengan penggalian ekstensif.

 

 

Fosil hewan tertua berasal dari masa paling awal 690.000 tahun yang lalu dan perkakas berasal dari masa 670.000 tahun yang lalu<ref name=ZAage1>"Middle Pleistocene climate and habitat change at Zhoukoudian, China, from the carbon and oxygen isotopic record from herbivore tooth enamel", Gaboardia, Deng and Wang, Quaternary Research 63, 2005, p 331</ref> sementara otoritas lain menyatakan perkakas yang ditemukan berasal dari masa tidak lebih awal dari 530.000 tahun yang lalu.<ref name=HEPage3/>