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Facts

Also Known As Sinanthropus pekinensis • Homo erectus pekinensis • Pithecanthropus pekinensis • Pekin man

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Reconstructed skull of Peking man, based on Homo erectus specimens found at Zhoukoudian, China, and dated to approximately 230,000–770,000 years ago.
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher and paleontologist
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Davidson Black
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Franz Weidenreich
German anthropologist

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