Homo erectus pekinensis

Homo erectus pekinensis

Homo erectus pekinensis Fossil range: Pleistocene

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukarya
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Family:	Hominidae
Genus:	Homo
Species:	H. erectus
Subspecies:	H. e. pekinensis
Trinomial name:	Homo erectus pekinensis Black, 1927
Synonyms:	Sinanthropus pekinensis

Peking Man, also called Sinanthropus pekinensis (currently Homo erectus pekinensis), is an example of Homo erectus. A group of fossil specimens was discovered in 1923-27 during excavations at Zhoukoudian (Chou K'ou-tien) near Beijing (known as Peking at that time), China. More recently, the finds have been dated from roughly 500,000 years ago^[1], although a new ²⁶Al/¹⁰Be dating suggests they may be as much as 680,000-780,000 years old.^[2]

References[]

^ Ian Tattersall. "Out of Africa again...and again?". Scientific American 276 (4): 60–68.
^ Shen, G; Gao, X; Gao, B; Granger, De (Mar 2009). "Age of Zhoukoudian Homo erectus determined with (26)Al/(10)Be burial dating". Nature 458 (7235): 198–200. doi:10.1038/nature07741. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 19279636.

[1] Ian Tattersall. "Out of Africa again...and again?". Scientific American 276 (4): 60–68.

[2] Shen, G; Gao, X; Gao, B; Granger, De (Mar 2009). "Age of Zhoukoudian Homo erectus determined with (26)Al/(10)Be burial dating". Nature 458 (7235): 198–200. doi:10.1038/nature07741. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 19279636.

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