PekingManwasdiscoveredinZhoukoudianvillage,ontheLongguMountain,Fangshandistrict,Beijing,whichwaslistedasaworldculturalheritagesitein1987.Inthe1920sarchaeologistsdiscoveredacompleteskullofanape-mandatingback600,000yearswhichwaslaternamedasPekingMan.StonetoolsandevidenceofPekingMan’suseoffirewerelaterfoundonthemountain.StudieshaveshownthatPekingManwalkedonhisfeetandlived690,000yearsago.Hissocietylivedingroupsincavesandsurvivedbyhunting.Thegroupcouldmakeuseofroughstonetoolsandknewhowtousefireforheatingandcooking.
ThediscoveryincludedsixcompleteskullsofPekingMan,12skullfragments,15mandibles(1),157teethandsomesectionsofbrokenfemur(2),shinbone(3),andupperarmbonesbelongingtomorethan40individualsofdifferentagesandsexes.Inaddition100,000fragmentsofstonetoolswerefoundtogetherwithsitesusedforfireandburntbonesandstones.
PekingMancreatedauniqueOldStoneCulturewhichhadmuchinfluencetotheOldStoneCultureofnorthChina.Stonetoolsaretheprincipalrelicsofthisremoteculture.AlsodiscoveredinZhoukoudianarestonepoints,anewproductiontoolthen,andbonearticlesmadeandusedbyPekingMan.Foundinthecavesweresuchtoolsasthelargerendofanantlerthathadbeenusedasahammerandthesharpendofanantlerusedasadiggingtool.TheuseoffirewasamilestoneofthedevelopmentofcivilizationandthediscoveryofPekingManhaspushedbackthetimethatmanfirstuseditbytensofthousandsofyears.Thelargestashpilediscoveredinthecavesissixmetersthick.Fireallowedpeopletoeatcookedfoodinsteadofrawfoodandpromotedthedevelopmentofthebrainandimprovedhealth.WithhisroughtoolsandsimplelivingconditionsPekingmancreatedauniqueandveryancientculture.
IncludedintheUNESCO(4)worldheritagelistin1987.