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The representative of early human beings in China-Beijingers.

The representative of China's early human beings, Beijingers, introduced as follows:

First of all, early humans in China

1. About 1.7 million years ago, he lived in Yuanmou County, Yunnan Province, and was the earliest confirmed ancient human in China.

Yuanmou people can make and use tools, which is the fundamental difference between people and animals.

Second, the discovery and characteristics of Beijingers

Beijingers lived in Gulong, Zhoukoudian, Beijing about 700,000-200,000 years ago.

2. Appearance characteristics: Beijingers still retain some characteristics of apes, and their upper and lower limbs can walk upright compared with modern people;

3. The use of tools: the use of forged stone tools is called the Paleolithic Age;

4. Social organization: social life;

5. Use fire: I also learned to use fire, and I can also put out fires (learning to use fire is a milestone in the history of human evolution).

6. Discovery Significance: Peking Man Site is the richest and most complete Homo erectus site in the world.

3. Neanderthals lived on the top of Gulong Mountain in Zhoukoudian, Beijing about 30,000 years ago, and their brain capacity and skull shape were close to those of modern people.