Peking Man fossils

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Homo erectus fossils
gptkbp:age 750,000 years
up to 780,000 years
gptkbp:associatedWith Chinese prehistory
Paleolithic China
gptkbp:castsExist yes
gptkbp:coordinates 39.7083°N 115.9264°E
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Davidson_Black
gptkb:Yang_Zhongjian
gptkb:Pei_Wenzhong
gptkbp:discoveredIn gptkb:China
gptkb:Zhoukoudian
1920s
gptkbp:evidenceOfFireUse yes
gptkbp:excavatedBy gptkb:Chinese_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Cenozoic_Research_Laboratory
1921
gptkbp:excavationEnded 1937
gptkbp:excavationFundedBy gptkb:Rockefeller_Foundation
gptkbp:excavationInterruption gptkb:Second_Sino-Japanese_War
gptkbp:fossilsLostCircumstances Japanese invasion
gptkbp:fossilsLostLocation gptkb:Qinhuangdao
gptkbp:fossilsLostYear 1941
gptkbp:fossilsTransportedTo gptkb:United_States_(lost_en_route)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Peking Man fossils
gptkbp:include teeth
skulls
jawbones
limb bones
gptkbp:location gptkb:Fangshan_District,_Beijing
gptkbp:lostDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:museumDisplay gptkb:Institute_of_Vertebrate_Paleontology_and_Paleoanthropology,_Beijing
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:Jia_Lanpo
gptkb:Otto_Zdansky
gptkb:Pierre_Teilhard_de_Chardin
gptkb:Franz_Weidenreich
gptkb:Li_Jie
gptkbp:notableSite cave site
gptkbp:numberOfSpecies over 40 individuals
gptkbp:originalFossilsLost yes
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Java_Man
gptkb:Homo_sapiens
gptkbp:significance evidence of early human habitation in East Asia
gptkbp:species gptkb:Homo_erectus_pekinensis
gptkbp:toolsFoundWith stone tools
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Peking_Man_Site_at_Zhoukoudian
1987
yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Institute_of_Vertebrate_Paleontology_and_Paleoanthropology
gptkb:Fangshan_District
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5