Fossil:

Peking Man

Source: Casts of original fossil

Site:

Zhoukoudian Cave
China (1)

Discovered By:

W.C.Pei
1928-1937 (1)

Estimated Age of Fossil:

400,000 ya - 500,000 ya
* determined by Faunal, archaeological, radiometric, paleomagnetic & pollen data (1, 4)

Species Name:

Homo erectus (1)
Homo erectus erectus (25)

Gender:

Male (based on size) (15)

Cranial Capacity:

1043 cc (8)

Information:

Original bones disappeared during WWII (casts made and now reside in New York) (1, 3, 7, 8)
Remains of 40 individuals found (along with stone tools and animal remains) (1, 7)

Interpretation:

First evidence of human use of fire found here (1)
No evidence of fire in Zhoukoudian Cave (bones naturally burned and washed into cave) (7)