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Information about ape-man
Peking man lived about 700,000-200,000 years ago. The site was found in Gulong Mountain in Zhoukoudian, Fangshan District, southwest of Beijing. Beijingers came to Zhoukoudian about 600,000 years ago and lived here intermittently for nearly 400,000 years. About 200 thousand years ago, Beijingers left here. Beijing people have higher cheekbones. The average brain volume is only 1532 ml. Short and thick, male height 156 cm, female height 144 cm. Short legs, long arms and head forward. Some scholars believe that bone horns were made at that time. Besides hunting, eating wild fruits, young leaves, root tubers and small animals such as insects, birds, frogs and snakes are also daily food sources. There is a thick layer of ash in the cave where Beijingers lived, which shows that Beijingers have used fire and saved the fire.