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When did Peking man live near Beijing?

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Map of eastern Asia highlighting China and its neighboring countries, with an arrow pointing to Beijing Municipality in northeastern China. The map includes international boundaries, disputed borders, and lines of control, and shows major surrounding countries such as Russia, Mongolia, India, Japan, North Korea, and South Korea. An inset at the bottom left shows the location of China within Asia. — Beijing Beijing city and municipality, China.

Evidence from the archaeological site at Zhoukoudian, located near Beijing, suggests that the hominin known as Peking man first occupied the area more than 770,000 years ago. The site was used intermittently by Homo erectus until approximately 230,000 years ago.12