Choukoutien
- a variation of Zhoukoudian.
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First good Sinanthropus specimen was discovered in the Choukoutien caves near Peking by W. C. Pei in 1929.
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Teeth, a nearly complete skullcap and bone fragments discovered in a cave at Choukoutien, China, during the 1920s established the existence of yet another early ancester, Peking man.*
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Subsequently, one Sinanthropus find after another was made at Choukoutien, and the old Peking Man's anatomy came to be fairly well known.
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Later five skulls and eleven jawbones came to light at Choukoutien, but no thighbone.
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All the Sinanthropus bones," wrote Dr. Weidenreich, "recovered from Locality 1 of Choukoutien had received the same treatment as the game which Sinanthropus hunted.
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